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GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES
IN THE AREA.
HOSPITALS PROVIDED OR SUBSIDISED BY THE LOCAL
AUTHORITY OR BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL.
(1) Tuberculosis.—Provided by the County Council; Harefield
Sanatorium. Subsidised by the County Council; Clare Hall Sanatorium.
(2) Maternity.—Maintenance charges of patients paid by Local
Authority; North Middlesex Hospital and Mothers' Hospital, Clapton.
(3) Children.—Maintenance charges paid by Local Authority; Prince
of Wales's Hospital, North Middlesex Hospital, Central London Throat,
Nose and Ear Hospital.
The London Heart Hospital receives fees for cases submitted for
special examination. The Local Authority contribute towards the
maintenance of children admitted to the London Orthopaedic Hospital,
Great Ormond Street Hospital and Queen's Hospital, Hackney Road.
(4) Fever.—The Metropolitan Asylums Board hospitals provide
accommodation for Tottenham patients, and the Enfield and Edmonton
Joint Hospital Board have voluntarily accepted Erysipelas cases from
Tottenham.
(5) Smallpox.—Tottenham is a contributory Authority to the
Middlesex Districts' Joint Smallpox Hospital Board.
AMBULANCE FACILITIES.
The M.A.B. provide ambulances for the conveyance of infectious
diseases.
The Local Authority provide and maintain 5 ambulances for non.
infectious and accident cases. These are garaged at the Central Fire
Station (telephone "Tottenham 100" and "Mountview 100"), and are
available, day and night, free of charge to Tottenham residents for
removal to hospitals in the District or to the hospitals in the Metropolitan
area. For the conveyance of patients home from the Metropolitan
hospitals, the charge is 5s., and from the North Middlesex Hospital.
2s. 6d.
The Ambulance Service began in 1915, and the following table shows
to what extent it has been taken advantage of:—