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Section B.—GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES
IN THE AREA.
(a) Laboratory Facilities.
Pathological specimens from this district are examined at the
Pathological Department of the St. Margaret's Hospital at Epping.
The Pathologist has kindly supplied me with the following
figures of specimens from Chingford examined during the year:—
Number of specimens examined for the Health Department
and the General Practitioners 301
Number of specimens examined for the Chingford
Isolation Hospital 360
(b) Ambulance Facilities.
On the 5th July, 1948, the Council's Ambulance Service was
taken over by the Essex County Council, as the Local Health
Authority under the National Health Service Act of 1946. The
following is a summary of the work performed by the Ambulance
Service during 1948:—
Calls answered by the Borough Ambulance Service from 1.1.48
to 4.7.48.
Hire Accident Maternity
2,850 132 184
Calls transferred to other districts 30
Total calls received 3,196
Total mileage 28,572
Calls answered by E.C.C. Ambulance Service from 5.7.48 to
31.12.48
Accidents Maternity Emergency Non-Emergency
152 152 454 2,605
Calls transfered to Ambulance Control: 145
Total Calls received 3,508
Total Mileage 31,286
Total calls received during the year 1948 6,704
Total mileage covered during the year 1948 59,858
Number of ambulances 3
Number of staff 13
(c) Nursing in the Home.
The Chingford District Nursing Association has carried on
its good work throughout the year. Maternity nursing and
midwifery cases, in addition to a large number of general nursing
visits, have been undertaken.
(d) Clinics and Treatment Centres.
See tables of clinics on page 7.
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