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No cases of small-pox were treated during 1912 from any district.
The Local Government Board issued an Order, dated 18th August,
1911, authorising the use of the hospital as a Sanitorium for phthisical
persons.
Dr. Ta'Bois, the Resident Medical Superintendent, informs me that
there are 70 beds in the permanent buildings, and 128 more can be put
in the buildings of wood and corrugated iron. The beds in the permanent
building are supposed to be reserved for cases of small-pox. The 128
beds in the temporary buildings are now being used as a sanitorium for
tuberculosis cases. The first cases from constituent authorities were
admitted on July 20th, 1912, and on August 10th, 1912, the first cases
were received from the Middlesex Insurance Committee, on whose behalf
the Public Health Committee of the County Council had secured certain
accommodation. The number of tuberculosis cases in the institution on
December 31st, 1912, was 71, four of whom were residents in Edmonton
Urban District.
In addition, my Council still has the administrative block of the
Small-pox Hospital at Clavering's Farm, erected in 1902, where (at the
shortest notice) accommodation of a satisfactory kind to meet an
emergency could be arranged for ten male and six female patients.
The following sixteen urban districts are now shareholders in the
Joint Hospital:—
Acton Enfield Hampton Wick Staines
Brentford Feltham Hanwell Tottenham
Chiswick Friern Barnet Harrow Wealdstone
Edmonton Greenford Southgate Wood Green
TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS.
The Council at present undertakes the removal to our hospital, free
of charge, in our own ambulance, of all cases of infectious disease which
require it. Separate vehicles are kept for small-pox and for other
infectious diseases. A closed conveyance is also provided for bringing
patients home again after their discharge from hospital. This arrangement
is very valuable in protecting the health of children whose parents
are unable to afford a suitable conveyance when discharged from hospital
during cold and wet weather. These conveyances axe disinfected each
time after use.
Unavoidable, but regrettable, delay occurs in the present system of
transport to Winchmore Hill Hospital. The transfers should be undertaken
by the Hospital Board, as advised by the Government years ago.