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School Treatment Centres in St. Pancras—continued.
Tonsils and Adenoids Whittington Hospital, Highgate Wing, Dartmouth Park
Hill, N.W.5.
Enuresis Highgate New Town Clinic.
Audiology Somers Town Treatment Centre:
* Minor Ailments Highgate New Town Clinic.
St Pancras Clinic.
Somers Town Treatment Centre.
* Children can attend for treatment without appointment and are seen by the doctor,
if necessary, on his next attendance.
Ambulance Facilities.
In accordance with the provisions of the National Health Service Act, 1946, the London
County Council, as the local health authority for the Administrative County of London,
provides the following ambulance services free of charge:—
(1) Accidents (wherever occurring)
Sudden illness (in the streets, public places orplaces
of employment.)
Dial "999" (or follow the
instructions given on the
telephone instrument) and
ask for '* AMBULANCE."
(2) Very urgent illness at home (provided a medical
practitioner certifies that the case is one of
life or death and arrangements have been made
with a hospital for the patient's admission)
Telephone—
WATerloo 6000
CENtral 6301
REGent 4000
RELiance 3622 or
NEW Cross 2645
(3) Maternity cases.—Direct applications for removal
cannot be accepted for removal to hospital
except in emergencies occurring in the street or
other public place, when—see (1) above.
A doctor or midwife should apply to the
Emergency Bed Service
Normally, if the expectant mother has
booked a bed at a hospital or nursing home,
she is in possession of a white card (Form
L.A.S.23) giving full instructions for summoning
the ambulance.
MONarch 3000
(4) Other Illness.—For the removal to and from
hospitals, &c., of sick persons, provided the
ambulance is ordered by the hospital authority,
by the Emergency Bed Service or, in certain
circumstances, by a private doctor. Application
should be in writing or by telephoning
WATerloo 3311
Further particulars may be had on application to the Officer-in-Charge, London Ambulance
Service, County Hall, S.E.1. Telephone enquiries relating to the ordering of ambulances to
WATerloo 3311; general enquiries to WATerloo 5000, Ext. 6950.