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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.
The Prince of Wales's Hospital, when accommodation allows, admit
cases of Puerperal Fever.
(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 Council's ambulances are available for the removal of noninfectious
cases to the Local and Metropolitan Institutions.
The following table furnishes particulars of the work done by the
Ambulance Service during the past year:—