Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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The Hornsey Central Hospital, with 48 beds, dealt with 928
cases, of which 832 belonged to Hornsey. In the Out-Patient
Department 1,058 patients made 5,902 attendances.
The Council in March, 1928, increased its annual contribution
to the Hornsey Central Hospital from £50 to £100.
Midwives.—In addition to the Municipal Midwife, who is
controlled and paid by the Council, there are 18 Midwives notified
to the County Council as practising in the Borough. The County
Council is the Local Supervising Authority under the Midwives
Acts.
Lying-in homes.—There are 211 lying-in homes registered
with the Middlesex County Council under the Nursing Home
Registration Act, 1927:—
Clinic and Treatment Centres.—
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres.
No. 1—Brook Road Hall, N.8 (opened 1916).
Monday (2nd and 4th in month), 2-4.
Wednesday, 10-12 and 2-4.
Thursday, 10-12 and (ante-natal) 2-4.
No. 2—22, Wightman Road, Harringay, N.4 (opened 1918).
Monday (1st and 3rd in month), ante-natal, 2-4.
Tuesday, 10-12 .and 2-4.
No. 3—Church Road, Highgate. N.6 (opened October, 1925).
Friday, 10-12 and 2-4 (2nd Friday ante-natal).
School Clinics.
Top afield Parade, Crouch End, N.8.
Daily, 9-5. Saturdays, 9-1.
Coldfall'School, Daily, 9-10 a.m.
Highgate Centre
Wightman Road Centre Daily, 9-10 a.m.
Brook Road Centre
Tuberculosis Dispensary (Middlesex County Council).—
Dr. J. R. Dobson, 10, Alexandra Road, Hornsey.
Tuesday and Thursday, 2.30 p.m.
1st and 3rd Wednesdays, 10.30 a.m.