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GENERAL
MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF STAFF
Sixty-nine persons were medically examined to determine their fitness
for acceptance on the permanent staff. Sixty eight were found to be fit.
One of the conditions of the scheme for sickness pay for all employees
who come within the scope of the National and Provincial Councils for
Non-Trading Services (Manual Workers), which came into operation
on the 5th July, 1948, is that all new employees be required to submit
to a medical examination before the completion of six months' service
with the Council in order to determine their fitness for admission to
the scheme. Eighty-six persons were examined, eighty-two of whom
were accepted for the scheme. Five other examinations were carried
out for pension purposes.
AREA HEALTH SERVICE
The Personal Health Services now under the control of the Middlesex
County Council are administered from the Area Health Office, Somerset
Road, Tottenham, N. 17. Telephone number TOTtenham 4500.
AREA WELFARE SERVICE
The Welfare Service of the Middlesex County Council is administered
in Hornsey by the Area Welfare Officer, 5 Lansdowne Road, Tottenham,
N.17. Telephone number TOTtenham 1212, and it is to this officer that
enquiries should be directed regarding the admission of persons to
residential homes provided by the Middlesex County Council.
LUNACY AND MENTAL TREATMENT ACTS
The Authorised Officers for the purpose of these Acts have their
offices at 1 Friern Park, N.12. Telephone number HILlside 9151.
AMBULANCE SERVICE
Ambulances are on call for urgent cases including maternity cases
throughout the day and night. Telephone number MOU 2222.
MEDICAL PRACTITIONER SERVICES IN HORNSEY
The number of general medical practitioners in Hornsey has increased
during the last year and now the South Haringey, Central Hornsey,
Crouch End, Finsbury Park, North Haringey and Stroud Green wards
are classified by the Medical Practices Committee of the Executive
Council as intermediate areas, i.e. areas where the average practitioner
has between 1,500 and 2,500 patients. The Highgate and Muswell Hill
wards are classified as restricted areas where the average practitioner
has fewer than 1,500 people on his list.
Since the inception of the National Health Service Act there has
been closer co-operation and establishment of cordial relations between
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