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HOSPITALS.
(a) Within the Borough.
(1) Hornsey Central Hospital for general, medical or surgical
or special cases (48 beds) is situated in the centre of the Borough.
It is staffed by the Medical Practitioners of Hornsey, together
with Consulting Physicians, Surgeons and Specialists. A new
Home for the Nursing Staff was opened in 1930.
(2) Hornsey, Finchley and Wood Green Joint Isolation
Hospital, situated at Coppett's Road, on the northern boundary
of the Borough, has 150 beds. (On Ministry of Health basis,
102 beds.)
(3) St. Luke's Hospital for early mental cases (50 beds) is
situated at Woodside Avenue, Muswell Hill.
(b) Without the Borough.
(1) Hospitals of Middlesex County Council.
(2) Hospitals of London County Council.
(3) The London Voluntary Hospitals, general and special.
Although the Borough of Hornsey has no large hospital for
general or special diseases within its boundary, its situation in
relation to London places every kind of hospital service within
easy reach of its inhabitants. It is not possible to specify in
detail the number of beds available for male and female patients
suffering from the different classes of diseases requiring hospital
treatment, but the following table indicates the wide range of
hospital or institutional service available:—
CLASS OF CASE HOSPITALS OR INSTITUTIONS.
General Medical and Surgical Hornsey Central Hospital
North Middlesex Hospital (M.C.C.)
London Voluntary Hospitals
Children Hornsey Central Hospital
North Middlesex Hospital (M.C.C.)
London Voluntary Hospitals
(Special Children's Hospitals and
Children's Wards in General Hospitals)
Maternity North Middlesex Hospital (M.C.C.)
London Voluntary Hospitals
(Special Maternity Hospitals and
Maternity Wards of General Hospitals)