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General Provision of Health
Services.
Hospitals.—General Hospitals.—The arrangements set out in
the Annual Report for 1930 regarding the provision of general
and special hospital accommodation for the inhabitants of Southgate
remain unaltered. They still appear satisfactory.
I understand that a suggestion is afoot to enlarge and reconstruct
the accommodation available at the Wood Green and Southgate
Hospital at an early date. This will undoubtedly prove a
boon to the district, as the hospital is carrying out most admirable
work which could well be materially extended.
Provision for Maternity Beds.—The agreement with the Royal
Northern Hospital and the Salvation Army Maternity Hospital
to admit Southgate mothers at reduced fees, continues to work
satisfactorily. As before, the North Middlesex County Hospital
is also being utilised by a proportion of our maternity cases.
During 1935, a conference was held between the Authorities
of Edmonton, Enfield, Tottenham, Wood Green and Southgate
regarding the possibility of establishing a joint Municipal
Maternity Home for these areas. As it was understood that the
Middlesex County Council is contemplating considerable enlargement
of the maternity accommodation available at the North
Middlesex County Hospital and that the scale of fees now operating
there may be revised, the conference decided not to take any action
for the time being. There can be little doubt that there is a growing
demand for increased maternity accommodation within this
portion of the County of Middlesex, and it is therefore to be hoped
that the County Authority will move in the matter very shortly.
Isolation Hospital.—Continuing the policy of maintaining
an up-to-date, modern institution, further improvements were
carried out at the Isolation Hospital during 1935. Several of the
wards were re-decorated, while additional ward furniture and
equipment was obtained. New furnishings were also purchased
for use in the Administrative Block, the amenities being increased
by the purchase of a piano and wireless set for the nurses' use.
In view of the approaching extensions, it is not proposed to alter
the existing hospital to any appreciable extent for the time being,
although the present standard will be maintained.
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