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Acton 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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PUBLIC ASSISTANCE DEPARTMENT.
Area IV.—Comprising the Metropolitan Boroughs of Holborn, Sr. Pancras,
St. Marylebone and Hampstead.
Local Public Assistance Officer.
B. Chapman, Northumberland Street, W.l (Tel. Wclbeck 6896 and 6897).
Chief Relieving Officer.
J. H. Webster, 29, Marylebone Road, N.W.I (Tel. We/beck 2894 and 2895).
| Address. | Telephone. | Relief districts served. |
|---|---|---|
| 46, Iverson Road, Kilburn, N.W.6 | Maid a Vale 1009 | 1 |
| New End, Hampstead, N. W.3 | Hampstead 0949 | |
| 29, Marylebone Road, N.W.1. | Welbeck 2894-5 | 2 & 3 |
| Clifton Villas, Camden Square, N.W.I. | Gulliver . . 1230 | 4 |
| Relief Station, Bower Cottage, Holmes Road, N.W.5 | Gulliver . . 2868 | 5 |
| Clifton Villas, Camden Square, N.W.I. | Gulliver . . 1230 | 6 & 7 |
| 25, Kentish Town Road, N.W.I. | Gulliver . . 4826 | 8 |
| 21, Medburn Street, N.W.I. | Euston . . 1654 | 9 |
| 128, Albany Street, N.W.I. | Euston . . 2618 | 10 |
| 46 and 47, Clarendon Square, N.W. 1. . . | Euston . . 2392 | 11 |
| 89, Gray's Inn Road, W.C.I. | Chancery.. 8012 | 12 |
| Relief Offices, 53, Clerkenwell Road, E.C.I | Clerkenwell 5870 | 13 |
Ambulance Facilities.
London Ambulance Service (Accident and General). Headquarters, The County Hall,
S.E.I. Provides the following services: —
(1) For removal of infectious, non-infectious and maternity cases. (Tel. Waterloo 3311.)
(2) For accident cases. (Tel. Waterloo 6000.)
Urgent maternity cases are removed to hospital at any hour of the day or night, free
of charge, on application by a qualified medical practitioner or certified midwife, provided that
a doctor or midwife accompanies the patient.
Other ambulance facilities include:—
St. John's Ambulance Association, St. John's Gate, Clerkenwell, E.C.I. (Tel.
Clerkenwell 6644.)
British Red Cross and Order of St. John Ambulances, These convey pregnant women
to hospitals from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. (Tel. Sloane 5191.)