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AMBULANCE SERVICE
The County Ambulance Service is operated in two distinct
branches, i.e., the Accident Branch and the Sick Removal Branch.
The Accident Service operates from Fire Stations and where
an ambulance is required for accident or emergency purposes,
the Emergency Exchange telephone facilities should be used,
whereby calls are routed to the nearest Fire Station.
The Sick Removal Service is housed locally in a newly-built
depot adjacent to Chase Farm Hospital, where calls are received
for both recumbent and sitting cases.
WATER SUPPLY
The District of Enfield is supplied with water by the Metropolitan
Water Board, except for part of the Hadley Wood and
Cockfosters area, which is supplied by the Barnet District Water
Company.
Both of these Authorities take regular and frequent samples
for analysis. Copies of these reports are sent to the Health Department,
and have shown satisfactory results.
There was no cause to suspect any contamination during the
year.
There are four dwellings in Enfield which receive their water
supply other than from a public company ; these are under constant
supervision.
The question of well-water supplies, both in connection with
dwelling-houses and industrial premises, throughout the district has
received the careful attention of the Department during the year,
and every care has been exercised to see that such supplies are not
used for drinking purposes where mains water supply is available,
and during the year three samples of well water were examined
bacteriologically.
In addition, eight other samples of drinking water other
than from wells were bacteriologically examined, and found to be
satisfactory.