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Note.—The attack-rates of the population of Hornsey from
certain infectious diseases have been worked out for the last
twenty years, and are given in Table K in the Appendix.
ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
The Hornsey, Finchley and Wood Green Joint Hospital
Committee provides accommodation for Hornsey patients at the
Hospital in Coppett's Road. The Hospital is under the able
administration of Dr. J. R. Prior, the Resident Medical Superintendent.
During the year 237 patients from Horbsey were
admitted to the Hospital. Of these, 116 were suffering from
Diphtheria, 98 from Scarlet Fever and 23 from other diseases.
The Isolation Hospital is in need of extension, and a scheme
is being prepared for the accomplishment of this.
Laboratory Work.—During the year 1,481 specimens were
examined in the laboratory of the Hospital for the Borough of
Hornsey.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
(See Tables G., H. and J.).
Of all the public work done by Municipalities throughout
the Kingdom, none is of more lasting value than that which
aims at securing the health of the coming manhood and womanhood
of our nation. To give a child sound health in a strong
body is to give it something of infinite value throughout a lifetime,
and this our child welfare work attempts to do. Often
enough the only capital that a man has is his good health and
his capacity for work; and this capital our Maternity and Child
Welfare Service is creating, often out of unpromising material.
It is not possible to estimate in pounds, shillings and pence
the benefits which the Borough is giving to its coming race of
citizens by this work; but it is interesting to notice that the
actual cost per head, based on the number of children under five
years of age, is about four shillings and two pence per annum.
This is indeed a very small expenditure to ensure each of these
children with a reasonably good start in life; and it is difficult
to think how money could be better spent by a Municipality
than in Maternity and Child Welfare Work.