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HOSPITALS.
Maternity.—The North Middlesex Hospital undertakes in respect
of a subsidy from the Local Authority to provide maternity beds for
patients recommended for institutional treatment by the Medical Officer
of Health.
Children-—The Invalid Children's Aid Association are subsidised by
the Education Committee, and in a few isolated cases by the Maternity
and Child Welfare Committee, in respect of children who are recommended
for convalescent treatment by the Medical Officer of Health.
The London Heart Hospital undertakes, for the Tottenham Education
Committee, the examination of cases of Heart Disease specially
referred to it.
The Central London Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital receives for
treatment, from the Tottenham Education Committee, such cases as are
specially referred to it and in respect of whom there are complications
which would render it undesirable that the patient should be treated in
our own clinics.
Fever.—The Metropolitan Asylums Board have, by an agreement,
entered into with the Council in 1894, accepted for institutional treatment
such infectious diseases as they are accustomed to receive into
their Hospitals.
Small Pox.—Tottenham is one of the contributory authorities to
the Middlesex Districts Joint Small Pox Hospital Board.
Other.—Locally there are two considerable Institutions, the Prince
of Wales's General Hospital, a voluntary Institution, and the Jewish
Home and Hospital for Incurables. The former has 179 beds and cots
and the latter 104 beds.
AMBULANCE FACILITIES.
(a) The Metropolitan Asylums Board make the ambulance provision
for the removal of infectious cases.
(b) The Local Authority have provided 3 ambulances for non-in
fectious and accident cases. The following table in relation to the Ambulance
Service, is self-explanatory.