Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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School Treatment Centres in St. Pancras
(By appointment only. Application in first instance to Divisional Treatment Organiser.)
Vision Highgate New Town Clinic, Chester Road, N, 19.
St. Pancras Clinic, 26, Prince of Wales Road, N. W. 5.
Somers Town Treatment Centre, Chalton Street, N.W.l.
Dental
Highgate New Town Clinic.
St. Pancras Clinic.
Somers Town Treatment Centre.
Special investigation
Highgate New Town Clinic.
Somers Town Treatment Centre.
Rheumatism Hampstead General Hospital, Bayham Street, N.W.l.
Ear, Nose and Throat Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, Gray's
Inn Road, W.C.l.
Whittington Hospital, Highgate Wing, Dartmouth Park
Hill, N. 19.
Enuresis Highgate New Town Clinic.
Orthoptic Somers Town Treatment Centre.
*Minor Ailments Highgate New Town Clinic.
St. Pancras Clinic.
Somers Town Treatment Centre.
*Children may 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
or places 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.
HOP
7181
(4) Other Illness.- For the removal to and from
hospitals, etc., 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, Headquarters, 150, Waterloo Road, S.E.l. Telephone
enquiries relating to the ordering of ambulances to WATerloo 3311; general
enquiries to WATerloo 5000, Ext. 6950.
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