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(3.) Children.—By reason of the Council's affiliation
with the National League for Health, etc., children from
this district are admitted to the various homes supported
and organised by the League at a charge of 15s. per week.
In cases of distress this charge is remitted, wholly or in
part, by the Council, according to circumstances.
(4.) Fever.—The Isolation Hospital provided by the
Local Authority is situated in Tottenhall Road, Palmers
Green. The total available beds are officially 30, but practically
48. There are two blocks for scarlet fever and one
isolation block for diphtheria and typhoid fever.
An agreement is in force with the Friern Barnet Urban
District Council whereby 12 beds are reserved for the exclusive
use of Friern Barnet patients.
(5.) Small-pox.—Southgate, being one of the constituent
Local Authorities in the district of the Middlesex
Joint Hospital Board, has the right to send cases to the
Clare Hall Hospital, South Mimms.
(6.) Other Hospitals.—(a) The Passmore Edwards
Hospital, Wood Green, for general medical and surgical
cases, contains 30 beds, serves this district, and receives an
annual grant of .£200 from the Southgate District Council.
(b) The Royal Northern Hospital, the Prince of Wales'
Hospital, Tottenham, and the North Middlesex Hospital,
Edmonton, also receive patients from this district. All
these hospitals are outside the district.
(7.) Institutional provision for unmarried mothers, illegitimate
infants, and homeless children.—Nil.
(8.) Ambulance facilities.—(a) For infectious cases
a horse-drawn ambulance is provided for conveyance of infectious
cases to the Isolation Hospital, (b) For non-infectious
and accident cases a motor ambulance, which was
presented to the Council by the Middlesex Voluntary Aid
Organisation, is available at all times on application by
telephone or otherwise to the Fire Station.