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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
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 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 Wood
Green and Southgate Hospital, £100 to the Prince of Wales's
Hospital, and £100 to the Royal Northern Hospital.
Other Institutions.
(а) 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.