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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.
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 125 beds and cots
and: the latter 93 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 noninfectious
and accident cases. 5,008 patients were dealt with during
the year, and deaf and dumb children were conveyed to and from
school on 134 occasions.
LABORATORY.
Swabs for diphtheria and sputum for consumption are examined
in the Council's Laboratory. 2,989 swabs (373 positive) and 187
specimens of sputum (33 positive) were dealt with during the year.