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Wood Green 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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3. T uberculosis.
Provision for the treatment of tuberculosis is made by the Middlesex County Council, and I am to Dr. Tate, the County Medical Officer, for the following information showing the accommodation available at the different institutions during 1934.
| Accommodation. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institution. | Adults. | Children . | Type of case. | |
| M. | P. | |||
| County Sanatorium. | 129 | 129 | 56 | Pulmonary—Sanatorium. |
| Harefield | 4 (for male and f emale altern ately) | 8 | Pulmonary—Observation. | |
| County Sanatorium, Clare Hall, South Mimms | 120 | 66 | — | Pulmonary—late sanatorium and hospital. |
| Heatherwood Hospital; Ascot | — | — | 25 | Non -pulmonary. |
| Victoria Home, Margate | — | — | 6 | Non-pulmonary. |
Use is also made of many other institutions suitable for
different types of tubercular patients to which cases are sent as
occasion arises.
4. Maternity.
Arrangements have been made with three maternity hospitals,
namely, the Mothers' Hospital, Clapton, the Royal Northern Hospital,
Holloway, and the City of London Maternity Hospital, for
the admission, at an inclusive charge to the mother, of maternity
cases recommended by the Medical Officer at. the Maternity and
Child Welfare Centres.
5. Children.
There is no special children's hospital in this neighbourhood
but children are taken into the North Middlesex County Hospital