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Hornsey 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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AMBULANCE SERVICE
Ambulances are on call for urgent cases including maternity cases
throughout the day and night. Telephone number MOUntview 2222.
Ambulances to take people to hospital by appointment should be
arranged by the hospital or telephone ENTerprise 6662.
FACTORIES ACTS
H.M. Inspector of Factories for North London District, which includes
Hornsey, is:—
Miss K. M. Haddock,
324 Gray's Inn Road, W.C.I.
Telephone: TERminus 6266 and 7909.
The Appointed Factory Doctor is:—
Dr. W. J. G. Meldrum,
457 Green Lanes,
Palmers Green, N.13.
Telephone: PALmers Green 0320.
Times of attendance, Tuesday and Thursday, 9—10 a.m.
REGISTRAR OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS
Mr. C. G. Parkin,
Town Hall, Hornsey, N.8.
(MOU: 3220, Ext. 123).
Office Hours—Monday—Friday, 9 a.m.—12 noon.
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 3 p.m.—5 p.m.
Saturday, 9 a.m.—12 noon.
No attendance on Public Holidays and Sundays.
Births must be registered within 42 days from birth. Notice of Death
(with medical certificate of cause) to be given before funeral by nearest
relative present at death, or who saw deceased during last illness.
Notice of Marriages to take place at a Nonconformist place of worship
in Hornsey may be given to the Sub-District Registrar or at the
Superintendent Registrar's Office at the respective addresses.
All the original register books of births, deaths and marriages which
have taken place within the Hornsey Sub-District since July, 1837, are
kept at the Superintendent Registrar's Office, where searches may be
made and copies obtained.
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