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2. Maternity. —There is a well-equipped lying-in ward in
the Wellhouse Hospital, Barnet. One hundred and
thirty-eight Finchley cases were admitted to this
ward in 1934.
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
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. Smallpox. —The provision of Hospital accommodation
for cases of Smallpox is undertaken by the County
Council, and by arrangement with the London
County Council all cases are admitted to that
authority's hospital at Joyce Green, Dartford.
6. Other Hospitals.—(a) The Finchley Memorial Hospital
contains 56 beds and receives annually a grant of
two hundred 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 belonging to the
Hertfordshire County Council and admitting cases
from this part of the County of Middlesex. During
1934, 931 Finchley cases were admitted to this
hospital.
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