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West End Hospital for Nervous Diseases.—Owing to war damage of hospital premises at
Gloucester Gate, Regent's Park, N.W.1, temporary wards have been available at Princess
Louise Hospital, St. Quintin Avenue, N. Kensington, W.10.
Ambulance Facilities.
London Ambulance Service (Accident and General). Headquarters: The County Hall, S.E.1.
For accidents (in the home or elsewhere) or sudden illness (in streets, public
places and places of employment) Dial 999
For maternity cases or very urgent illness in the home WATerloo 6000
For other cases—illness, infectious diseases, &c. WATerloo 3311
The following restrictions have had to be placed upon the admission of certain types of
infectious disease to the London County Council hospitals, owing to the acute shortage of
nursing and domestic staff:—
Chickenpox, German Measles and Mumps.—Patients will be admitted at the
request of the Borough Medical Officer of Health only. No patient will be accepted for
admission except on grounds of clinical severity or where home conditions make it
impossible to retain the patient at home.
Whooping Cough.—Patients will be accepted direct from medical practitioners
and will be admitted up to the limit of the available accommodation for this disease. In
the event of beds not being available, preference will be given to younger children and
children who cannot be cared for at home.
Measles.—No patient will be admitted except at the request of the Borough
Medical Officer of Health. In the event of beds not being available, children under
3 years of age will be given preference.
Scarlet Fever.—This will be dealt with in the same way as chickenpox, German
measles and mumps, except that some preference will be given to children under 5 years
of age.
Enteritis and Dysentery.—Children under two years of age will be accepted direct
from medical practitioners and every effort will be made to admit all such patients.
Patients over 2 years of age will be dealt with in the same category as chickenpox, German
measles and mumps.
Social Welfare.
L.C.C. Area III/IV—Comprises the Metropolitan Boroughs of Finsbury, Hampstead,
Holborn, Islington, St. Marylebone, St. Pancras and Shoreditch.
Local Social Welfare Officer (Area III/IV)—
G. E. Oughton.
Area Welfare Officer—
C. H. Osbourn.
Head Office: 53, Clerkenwell Road, E.C.1.
Phone: CLE 5871.
District Welfare Officers.
R. J. O'Connell (GUL 2868)
A. F. Whyman (GUL 2737)
District Welfare Station, Bower Cottage, Holmes Road,
N.W.5.
H. Williams, 29, Marylebone Road. (WEL 2894).