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AMBULANCE SERVICE
The duty of local health authorities to provide an ambulance service under
Section 27 of the National Health Service Act, 1946, was, in the case of the new
London Boroughs, vested in the Greater London Council by Section 45 of the
London Government Act, 1963.
I am indebted to Dr. A. B. Stewart, Medical Adviser to the Greater London
Council, for the following information about this service.
As the operational organisation of the London Ambulance Service is not based
on the geographical areas of the new London Boroughs, statistical information is
not correlated in respect of individual Boroughs.
The London Borough of Enfield comprises part of the North West Division
of this service and the movement of all ambulance resources within the division
is the responsibility of one control, situated at The Mall, Kenton. Although
within the Borough boundaries there are two main stations equipped to deal with
all types of ambulance removals and one sub-station primarily engaged on accident
and emergency work, these resources are utilized to meet demands arising over a
somewhat larger area. Conversely, assistance can be channelled into our Borough
from elsewhere should these resources at any time be unable to meet local demands.

In viewing these figures, it should be noted that the main station at Edmonton
also serves the London Borough of Haringey.
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