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GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES
IN THE DISTRICT.
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICERS OF THE LOCAL AUTHORITY:
The County Council Services of the District are administered
as follows:-
1. Health: Dr.F.G. Brown,
Area Medical Officer
2. School Health: Dr. F.G. Brown,
Divisional School
Medical Officer.
Municipal Offices,
High Road,
Woodford, E.18.
Tel: Buckhurst 9222.
3. Welfare: Mr. R.N. Weston,
Area Welfare Officer,
Crown Buildings,
Crows Road,
Epping. Tel: Epping 3253/4.
LABORATORY FACILITIES:
The Central Ministry of Health Laboratory at Colindale, and
the Branch Laboratories at St„ Margaret's Hospital, Epping and at
Chelmsford and Essex Hospital, Chelmsford, according to requirements.
Water, milk, ice-cream and other foods are also on occasion
examined at the Counties Public Health Laboratory, Thresh House,
Verulam Streets, Gray's Inn Road, London, W.C.I.
All milk and other food samples taken under the Food and Drugs
Act, are sent for analysis to the Public Analyst, J.H. Hamence, Esq.,Ph.D.,
M.Sc.,F,RJ,C., 20 Eastcheap, London, E.C.3.
AMBULANCE FACILITIES:
The transport of the sick and injured and maternity cases, is
provided free by the Essex County Council under the provisions of the
National Health Service Act. In case of accident or emergency,
(including maternity cases), an ambulance may be called by dialling 999
on the telephone, where automatic, or lifting the receiver and asking the
operator for that number in other areas - or, of course, by directly
contacting the ambulance station, Knighton Lane, Buckhurst Hill.
Non-emergency calls are only accepted from responsible officers of the
health service, e.g. doctors, nurses and midwives.
Hospital services are provided by the North - East Metropolitan
Regional Hospital Board at the Forest Hospital, Buckhurst Hill, and at
hospitals in neighbouring districts.
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