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If the vaccinator is not an authorised user of an approved stamp, the person
vaccinated must have the certificate stamped by the local authority in whose area
the vaccinator practises. As in previous years thousands of International Certificates
were stamped in this department authenticating the signature of the vaccinator.
A new type of certificate for vaccination against smallpox was introduced on
1st April, 1966, and the old one ceased to be valid on the 1st January, 1967.
(See Statistical Tables 17,18 and 19)
AMBULANCE SERVICE
The duty of local health authorities to provide an ambulance service under
Section 27 of the National Health Service Act, 1946, is, in the case of the London
Boroughs, vested in the Greater London Council by Section 45 of the London
Government Act, 1963.
As the operational organisation of the London Ambulance Service is not based
on the geographical areas of the London Boroughs, statistical information is not
available in respect of individual boroughs.
Ambulance stations situated within the London Borough of Enfield are :
Main Station 101, The Ridgeway, Enfield.
Main Station 102, Windmill Road, Edmonton.
Sub-Station 111, High Street, Ponders End.
Service is provided in addition from stations sited outside the borough. A main
control at The Mall, Kenton, covers the whole of the North West Division of the
London Ambulance Service for both emergency and non-emergency work. Ambulances
are directed from that control by radio and by direct telephone and teleprinter
lines to ambulance stations.
Guidance on how to obtain an ambulance is contained in the following notes :
For accidents (wherever occurring) and sudden illness in streets, public places
and places of employment :
Dial "999" and ask for "Ambulance".
For urgent illness in the home:
Call a doctor, NOT an ambulance. If admission to hospital is arranged the
doctor or the hospital authorities will order the ambulance.
For other illnesses, infectious diseases, etc.:
Application will usually be made by the hospital concerned, or by a doctor
through the Emergency Bed Service.
Maternity patients not booked at a hospital should call a doctor or midwife.
For booked patients, dial "999" ask for ambulance and, when connected,
give name and address and state the hospital at which the patient is
booked.
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