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The Headquarters of the London Ambulance Service are at The
County Hall, Westminster Bridge, S.E.1.
Ambulances may be summoned as follows:-
(1) Accidents ) Dial "999" (or follow
Sudden illness in the ) the instructions given
streets, public places ) on the telephone
or places of employment. ) instrument) and ask
(Note: for sudden ) for "AMBULANCE"
illness in the home a )
doctor, not an ambulance )
should be summoned) )
(2) Maternity patients (who ) Telephone
have booked a bed in a )
hospital or maternity ) WATerloo 6000
home) ) CENtral 63O1
Very urgent illness in ) REGent 4000
the home (provided a ) RELiance 3622 or
doctor certifies that ) NEW Cross 2645
the case is one of life )
or death and arrange- )
ments have been made with )
a hospital for the )
patient's admission) )
(3) Illness, Infectious )
disease, etc. - removal to )
Hospitals, etc. For full )
particulars telephone ) WATerloo 3311
or write to the Officer- )
in-Charge, London Ambulance )
Service, The County Hall, )
S.E 1. )
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Area (acres) 2,265
Population: Registrar-General's estimate mid-1953 97,970
Census, 1951 95,131
Rateable Value, March, 1953 £1,675,560
Sum produced by 1d.rate £6,760
CENSUS, 1951
During the year the Registrar-General's Report on the County of
London, based on the 1951 Census, was published. All the information
relating to Hampstead has been abstracted and is printed together with
comments, as an Appendix to this Report.