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and it is to this officer that enquiries should be directed regarding
the admission of persons to residential homes provided by the
Middlesex County Council.
(d) Lunacy and Mental Treatment Acts
The authorised Officers for the purpose of these Acts have
their offices at the Local County Offices, Somerset Road, Tottenham,
N.17, telephone number TOTtenham 4500.
(e) Ambulance Service
Ambulances are stationed at the Edmonton Fire and Ambulance
Station, but vehicles are retained at the Tottenham Central Fire
Station and at Coombes Croft for accident and emergency cases.
Telephone number EDMonton 5544 or, for emergency calls, dial 999.
Public Health Laboratory Service
The Public Health Laboratory Service provides a comprehensive
service for the bacteriological examination of specimens submitted
by general practitioners and local authorities.
The existing system for the supply of containers and the
delivery of specimens by the Public Health Department remains
unchanged. Specimens may be sent to the Public Health Department
at the Town Hall, and providing they reach there not later than
3.0 p.m. on Monday to Friday and ll.0 a.m., on Saturday, they will
be sent on the same day by special messenger to the Hornsey branch
laboratory.
As it is not possible to send a second messenger on any one
day, it is essential that specimens be delivered to the Town Hall
before the times stated. Alternatively, specimens may be sent
direct to the Hornsey branch laboratory, which remains open until
5.0 p.m. on Monday to Friday and 12 noon on Saturday. The
address is:-
Public Health Laboratory,
Coppett's Wood Hospital,
Coppett's Road,
N. 10.
A 24 hour emergency service is maintained by the Central
Laboratory at Colindale.