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SECTION B
General Provision of the Health Services
in the District.
(a) Public Health Officers of the Local Authority (sec
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(b) Laboratory Facilities. A Ministry of Health
Laboratory operates at St. Margaret's Hospital, Epping. Milk
and ice cream samples are examined at The Counties Public
Health Laboratory, 66 Queen Victoria Street, London, S.W.I.
(c) Ambulance Facilities. The work done during the
year by the Council's Ambulance is given below. In June,
1946, a contract was entered into with Messrs. Brown's
Garage, Loughton, for the conveyance of sitting cases to
hospitals, maternity homes, etc. This arrangement has
worked satisfactorily.
Ambulance calls during 1946 were :—
Accidents Medical Maternity Total number
Cases Cases of Calls
113 255 13 381
Sitting Case Car.
Accidents Medical Maternity Total number
Cases Cases of Calls
8 275 153 436
(d) and (e) Clinics and Treatment Centres.
Child Welfare Centres :—
Buckhurst Hill: County Council Clinic, Buckhurst Way—
Thursdays at 2.30 p.m.
Chigwell: St. Winifred's Church Hall, Chigwell Row—1st and
3rd Wednesday at 2.30 p.m.
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