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and the Royal Northern Hospital. Many children from Wood
Green receive treatment also at the Great Ormond Street Hospital
for Sick Children.
6. Other.
The Passmore Edwards Cottage Hospital or, as it is now called,
the Wood Green and Southgate Hospital, is situated in Wood Green
and has accommodation for 52 patients. A considerable proportion
of the cases dealt with belong to Wood Green.
Other general hospitals to which patients are sent from Wood
Green are the Prince of Wales's Hospital, Tottenham, the North
Middlesex County Hospital, Edmonton, and the Royal Northern
Hospital, Holloway. All of these are accessible by tram or bus.
During the year the Council contributed £400 to the Passmore
Edwards Hospital, £1.00 to the Prince of Wales's Hospital, and £50
to the Royal Northern Hospital.
Other Institutions.
(a) Unmarried Mothers.
(b) Illegitimate Infants and Homeless Children.
No provision is made for either of these classes of case, but an
endeavour is made to assist individual cases as they arise.
AMBULANCE FACILITIES.
(a) Infectious Cases.
By arrangement between the Joint Isolation Hospital Committee
and the London County Council, cases of infectious disease
are removed to hospital in ambulances belonging to the London
County Council.
(b) Non-Infectious and Accident Cases.
The Council provides a Motor Ambulance for the conveyance
of non-infectious, sick and accident cases, which is housed at the
Fire Station and is available at all hours.