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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 and the North
Middlesex Hospital receive for treatment, from the Tottenham Education
Committee, such cases as are specially referred to them, and in respect of
whom there are complications which would render it undesirable that the
patient should be treated in our own Clinics.
The North Middlesex Hospital undertakes, on behalf of the Education
Committee, the X-Ray treatment cf Ringworm.
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.
Smallpox.—Tottenham is one of the contributory authorities to
the Middlesex Districts' Joint Smallpox 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 198 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 4 ambulances for noninfectious
and accident cases. The following table, in relation to the
Ambulance Service, is self-explanatory.