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3. Children.—A grant of ,£20 per annum is paid by the
Local Authority to the Royal Northern Hospital,
and in return the staff of the hospital see cases of
difficulty referred to them by one or other of the
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres.
4. Fever.—Cases of infectious disease are sent to the
tion Hospital, Coppetts Road, Muswell Hill, which
is now owned by the three districts of Hornsey,
Wood Green and Finchley and managed by a Joint
Hospital Committee.
5. Small-pox.—Finchley is included in the Middlesex
tricts Joint Hospital District. Ample accommodation
exists for persons suffering from small-pox.
6. Other Hospitals.—(a) The Finchley Memorial Hospital
contains 47 beds and receives annually a grant of
seventy-five pounds from the Local Authority.
The Local Education Authority has arranged with
the Memorial Hospital for the operative treatment
of elementary school children suffering from
adenoids or from enlarged tonsils.
(b) The Wellhouse Hospital, Barnet. This is a
modern institution of 200 beds provided by the
local Board of Guardians. During 1925 some 303
Finchley cases were admitted.
Other Institutions.
1. Unmarried Mothers.—Nil.
2. Illegitimate Infants and Homeless Children:—
Wright-Kingsford Home, 76 children.
Nether Street Home, 18 children.
Neither Home is in any way supported by the Local
Authority.
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