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Middle Park Avenue, Minor Ailments.
Eltham.
Eltham Hill Health Centre, Chiropody.
Sherard Road.
School Treatment Centres.
Woolwich Central Health Centre, Minor Ailments.
Market Street, Woolwich.
Plumstead Health Centre, Minor Ailments, Dental.
Plumstead High Street.
St. Nicholas' Hospital, Aural.
Plumstead.
Sub-Centre, Middle Park School, Minor Ailments.
Eltham.
Rusthall Lodge, Rheumatism, Nutrition, Speech Therapy.
46, Southend Crescent, Eltham.
595, Westhorne Avenue, Minor Ailments, Vision, Dental.
Eltham.
Day Nurseries. Nil.
Ambulance Facilities.
In accordance with the provisions of the National Health Service Act, 1946,
the London County Council, as local health authority for the Administrative County
of London, provides the following ambulance services free of charge:—
(a) Accidents and Sudden Illness. For the conveyance to hospital of persons
meeting with accidents (in the home or elsewhere) or suffering from sudden illness
(in streets, public places or places of employment) within the County of London.
The ambulance may be called by private, public or police telephone ; full instructions
are given in every telephone box. Where the dialling system is in operation
"999" should be dialled and the operator asked for " Ambulance." No charge
is made for the use of the telephone if the call is made from a public call-box.
(b) Maternity Cases. For the removal of maternity cases to hospitals, etc.
Normally, if the expectant mother has booked a bed at a hospital or nursing home,
she is in possession of a white card (Form L.A.S. 23) confirming the booking arrangements
and giving full instructions for summoning the ambulance. In other cases,
where no prior arrangements have been made and urgent admission to hospital is
deemed necessary, an ambulance should be summoned by dialling REGent 4000-1;
CENtral 6301-2 ; RELiance 3622; WATerloo 6000 or NEW Cross 2645.
(c) Analgesia Apparatus. For the delivery to addresses within the County of
London of analgesia apparatus. Orders for this service are normally accepted only
from the London County Council's domiciliary midwives.
(d) Removal of Sick Persons. For the removal to hospitals, etc. of sick persons
from any place in London. Full particulars and arrangements for removal can be
obtained by telephoning WATerloo 3311 or writing to the Officer-in-Charge, London
Ambulance Service, The County Hall, S.E. 1.
(e) Facilities in North Woolwich Area. The West Ham Ambulance Service
undertakes, on behalf of the London County Council, ambulance work in the two
parts of the Borough which lie north of the River Thames. For accidents or sudden
illness, an ambulance may be summoned as in (a ) above. Ambulances for the removal
of maternity cases and sick persons from these areas are obtainable by telephoning
GRAngewood 3050.
Services under the Control of the Regional Hospital Board. Since the
inception of the National Health Service in July, 1948, the administration of the
hospitals and chest clinics in the area has been carried out by the Woolwich Group
Hospital Management Committee. I am indebted to the Secretary of the Group
Committee for the following information on hospital facilities in the area.
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