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GENERAL PROVISIONS OF HEALTH SERVICES.
Hospitals.
General hospital services are provided at the Prince of Wales's
General Hospital, which is centrally situated within the borough
and to which the Council contribute annually an amount equal to a
½d. rate. Provision is also made at the North Middlesex County
Hospital, in the adjoining Borough of Edmonton, and a short
distance beyond the Northern boundary of Tottenham.
The Teaching and Special Hospitals of London are within easy
access.
Diabetes.
Insulin is supplied to necessitous persons suffering from Diabetes,
in accordance with the authority contained in Ministry of Health
Circular 2734 (1943).
Number of cases supplied during the year 29
Cost to local authority £140 13s. 10d.
Nursing in the Home.
The District Nursing Association provides a most valuable
home nursing service in the Borough, and the local authority
continues to make an annual grant in respect of non-infectious cases
nursed by them.
The Home Help Service for general duties is incorporated in
the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee's scheme.
Domiciliary treatment was arranged for approximately 50 per
cent. of the Scarlet Fever cases notified during the year, and in
necessitous cases, the local authority paid the fees of the medical
practitioner in attendance. The home nursing of infectious cases is
facilitated by the services of a whole-time public health nurse, who
also assists at the immunisation clinics.
Ambulance Facilities.
The Borough Ambulance Service has remained under the control
of the Public Health Department, and notwithstanding the
difficulties arising from the deterioration of pre-war vehicles and
the difficulty of early replacements, the service has been able to
cope with the increasing demands of the Borough. Five vehicles