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SECTION B
General Provision of Health Services
in the District
(a) Public Health Officers of the Local Authority
—see page 2.
(b) Laboratory Facilities. A Ministry of Health
Laboratory operates at St. Margaret's Hospital,
Epping. Milk and ice cream are examined at The
Counties Public Health Laboratory, 66, Queen Victoria
Street, London, S.W.I.
(c) Ambulance Facilities. The work done by the
ambulance personnel is shown below. The contract
made with Messrs. Brown's of Loughton for the conveyance
of sitting cases to hospitals, maternity homes,
etc., has continued with satisfactory results.
Ambulance calls during 1947 were:-
Medical Maternity Total number
Accidents Cases Cases of Calls
176 347 20 543
Sitting Case Car:-
Medical Maternity Total number
Accidents Cases Cases of Calls
- 534 195 729
(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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