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5.
SECTION B
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN THE AREA
(a) Laboratory Facilities
Pathological specimens from this district are examined at
the Pathological Departments of the St. Margaret's Hospital, Epping,
the Connaught Hospital, Walthamstow, and the Whipps Cross Hospital,
Leytonstone. Specimens may (by arrangement) also be left at the
Town Hall, Walthamstow, on weekdays before 2.30 p.m., for collection
and delivery to the Central Public Health Laboratory at Colindale.
The Pathologists of St. Margaret's Hospital and Connaught
Hospital have kindly supplied me with the following numbers of
specimens examined for the Health Department and the General
Practitioners in Chingford during 1956:-
St. Margaret's Hospital: For Health Dept. and
Practitioners 61
Connaught Hospital: For Health Dept. 48
For Practitioners 1,175
(b) Ambulance Service
The Ambulance Service, maintained and controlled by the
Essex County Council, has an Ambulance Station situated in
Station Road (near The Green), Chingford, which serves this area.
The Station is manned continuously: the telephone number is
Silverthorn 6856.
The general procedure for obtaining an ambulance in
emergency is as follows
Where there is a dialling system in operation in the
Chingford area, dial "999."
Where there is no dialling system, lift receiver and
ask for an ambulance.
(c) Midwifery and Home Nursing Service
The Home Nursing Services are administered by the Essex
County Council. Maternity nursing and midwifery cases, in
addition to a large number of general nursing visits, have been
undertaken.