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Urgent Night Calls
If an Authorised Officer is urgently required to deal with a ease
at night-time, the nearest Ambulance Station should be contacted
(by dialling 999 or "0" and asking for "Ambulance"), and asked
to send an Ambulance for the Authorised Officer on call. The
Ambulance Service will know which Authorised Officer will be on
call for the night.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE BOARD
Under the National Assistance Vet, 1948, the National
Assistance Board are responsible for granting cash assistance- to
persons in need.
The Board's Office for this district is as follows:—
Congregational Church Hall, The Lynch, Uxbridge.
Telephone: Uxbridge 2111.
SCHOOLS
All the Schools in the Urban District controlled by the
Ministry of Education are under the management of the Middlesex
County Council.
Private Schools have been regularly supervised by this Department
with regard to public health regulations.
AMBULANCE EACIL1T1ES
Calls by telephone for hire of ambulance should be made at all
times to Northwood 1110 or 12:20 and Ruislip 2223, or by using the
999 or "0" facilities and asking operator for the Ambulance Service.
LABORATORY EACIL1TIES
Bacteriological examinations are carried out by the Public
Health Laboratory Service, Central Public Health Laboratory,
Colindale Avenue, Colindale, London, N.W.9. Telephone: Colindale
6041 or 4081.
Medical Practitioners can leave swabs and specimens in
receiving boxes provided at the following places in the Urban
District. These specimens will be collected daily by the Laboratory
Messenger. The laboratory request that all specimens be
left for collection, and not forwarded by post.
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