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Yellow fever vaccination must, for international and technical reasons, be
carried out at centres designated by the Government, and International Certificates
of Vaccination against yellow fever are supplied at those centres.
Vaccination against any disease other than yellow fever may be performed by
a person's own doctor. The International Certificate against smallpox and cholera
must be obtained by the traveller himself and taken to the doctor for completion.
These forms are usually obtainable, free of charge, from the company arranging
the traveller's transport, or otherwise from the Department of Health and Social
Security.
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.
(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 outwith 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
tele-printer 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.
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