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SECTION B.
General Provision of the
Health Services in the Area
(a) Public Health Officers of the Local Authority (see
first page).
(b) Laboratory Facilities. A Ministry of Health
tory operates at St. Margaret's Hospital, Epping.
Milk, water and ice cream samples are examined at
the Counties Public Health Laboratory, 66 Queen
Victoria Street, London, S.W.I.
(c) Ambulance Facilities. Transport of the sick and
jured and maternity cases is the responsibility of the
Essex County Council and is free of charge.
In cases of accident or emergency, an ambulance
is obtained by dialling 999 on any Waltham
Cross telephone. Where there is no dialling system
it is sufficient to lift the receiver and ask for an
ambulance to be sent to the place required, or to
deliver the message personally at the Fire Station,
Homeland, Waltham Abbey. Calls of a non-urgent
nature are only accepted from responsible persons
in the service, e.g. doctors, nurses, etc.
The "sitting case" car service previously
organised by your Council continues, by consent of
the volunteers concerned, to operate in the district
as part of the new County Council service.
(d) Hospitals. The hospitals serving the area form part of
the Forest Group of Hospitals administered by the
North-East London Regional Hospital Board.
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