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4. Fever.—Cases of infectious disease are sent to the
Isolation 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
Districts Joint Hospital District. Ample accommodation
exists for persons suffering from
small-pox.
6. Other Hospitals.—(a) The Finchley Memorial
pital contains 54 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 1928
some 396 Finchley cases were admitted.
Other Institutions.
1. Unmarried Mothers.—Nil.
2. Illegitimate Infants and Homeless Children:—
Wright-Kingsford Home, 100 children.
The Home is in no way supported by the local
Authority.
Ambulance Facilities.
(a) Infectious Cases.—Arrangements have been made
by the Joint Hospital Committee with the
Metropolitan Asylums Board for the conveyance
of all cases of infectious disease from their
homes to the Joint Isolation Hospital.
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