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Hospitals
I need add little to the remarks which I made in recent
Annual Reports relating to the hospital services available to the
residents of Wood Green In the section which deals with care of
the aged, I particularly mention the difficulty which exists
relative to the provision of geriatric services. So far as other
hospital admissions are concerned, little difficulty exists,
except that the admission to hospital of pregnant women presents
something more of a problem than was the case a few years ago.
This is not so much due to the lack of beds, as to a lack of
staff, a difficulty which has tended to increase year by year.
Here again, the provision of adequate housing would go very
far towards solving this problem.
Laboratory Facilities
As in past years, the Central Public Health Laboratory Service
has been of the greatest assistance to us, not only the Central
Laboratory at Colindale, but also the Laboratory housed in Coppetts
Wood Hospital, where Mr. McGimpsey is the Bacteriologist. I
gratefully acknowledge the assistance afforded throughout the
year, and the close co-operation which has continued for so many
years between the Public Health Department and the Laboratory
Service.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948
(National Assistance Amendment Act, 1951)
SECTION 47;- Removal to suitable premises of persons in need of
care and attention.
It was not found necessary for the Council to take any
action under this Section during 1961.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948
SECTION 50: - Burial or Cremation of the Dead.
There were no burials carried out under this Section during
1961.
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