London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Bermondsey 1947

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1947

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Non-Infectious Cases.
Telephone—Monarch 3000. At any hour of the day or night.
The following facilities are afforded by the London Ambulance
Service of the London County Council. Ambulances are provided
free of cost.
Accident Cases.
Dial 999 and ask telephone operator for "Ambulance." At any
hour of the day or night.
Serious Illness.
Telephone—Waterloo 6000, Reliance 3622, Central 6301, or
Regent 4000. At any hour of the day or night.
Ambulances are provided for persons suffering from illnesses in
their homes if a medical practitioner certifies that the case is one of
life or death, and that arrangements have been made for the reception
of the patient in a hospital.
Maternity Cases.
Telephone—Waterloo 6000, Reliance 3622, Central 6301, or
Regent 4000.
Urgent Cases At any hour of the day or night on application by
a doctor or certified midwife, provided that
either a doctor or midwife accompanies the
case and that arrangements for the reception of
of the patient in a hospital have been made.
Non-urgent Cases At any hour of the day or night—provided that
admission to a maternity bed has been previously
arranged and a card (issued by the
London County Council to hospitals, maternity
homes, etc.) for such admission obtained. This
card must be handed to the ambulance
attendant at the time of removal. The
husband or a female friend must accompany
the patient.