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PERSONAL HEALTH
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 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, very many International
Certificates were stamped in this Department authenticating the signature of
the vaccinator. (See Tables 16, 17, 18 and 19).
Section 27,
National Health Service
Act 1946
Section 45,
London Government
Act 1963
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:
Chase Farm: The Ridgeway, Enfield.
Edmonton: Windmill Road, Edmonton.
Ponders End: 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 nonemergency
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.
Enquiries on general matters:
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