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Finchley 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

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GENERAL PROVISIONS OF HEALTH SERVICES
IN THE AREA.
Hospitals. i. Tuberculosis (County of Middlesex Scheme).
I am indebted to Dr. Tate, the County Medical Officer,
for the following information:—

Table: "The total number of beds reserved for the sole use of the County Council at the close of 1936 is as follows:—Accommodation.

"The total number of beds reserved for the sole use of the County Council at the close of 1936 is as follows:—

Accommodation.

Institution.Adults.Children.Type of case
Male.Female.
County Sanatorium,15015060
Harefield4410Pu1monary—sanatorium. do. observation.
County Sanatorium, Clare Hall, South Mimms12066—do. late sanatorium and hospital.
Victoria Home, Margate——6Non-pulmonary.

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In addition to the above, further beds for pulmonary
cases, and beds for non-pulmonary cases are obtained, as
and when required, at a large number of voluntary and
municipal hospitals and sanatoria, not under the control of
the County Council, and situated in various parts of the
country.”
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 1936.
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. Infectious Diseases.—Cases of the common infectious
diseases are admitted to the Finchley, Hornsey,
Wood Green and Friern Barnet Joint Isolation
Hospital at Muswell Hill, N.10. The hospital contains
150 beds.
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