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Daily average for the year 1946 26.43
1945 27.78
1944 25.8
1943 41.14
During 1946 it became increasingly apparent that the use of our
Isolation Hospital for the treatment of cases of infectious disease
did not represent an economic solution to a problem, the approach
to which has changed very materially during the past decade. The
question was given still further point by the fact that maternity
beds were urgently required by the Middlesex County Council, in
order to deal with a shortage which was causing increasing alarm.
These facts led the Public Health Committee to give very careful
consideration to the future of our Hospital, and to the alternative
uses to which it might be put. Negotiations were entered into
with the County Council, with a view to transferring the Hospital
for maternity purposes. The negotiations were long, and at times
complicated by issues to which reference need not here be made.
Finally, arrangements were completed whereby the Isolation
Hospital was transferred to the County Council for use as a Maternity
Annexe to the North Middlesex County Hospital, the transfer being
fixed to take place on 31st December, 1946.
This transfer necessitated arrangements being made for the
treatment of cases of infections disease from the Borough, for which
local hospital accommodation would no longer be available. Having
considered all possible alternatives, the Council decided to enter
into an agreement with the Finchley, Hornsey, Wood Green and
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