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(c) Area Welfare Services
The Welfare service of the County Council is administered in Tottenham
by the Area Welfare Officer, Local County Offices, Somerset Road, Tottenham,
N.17, telephone number TOTtenham 4500, 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,
telephone number EDMonton 5544, but vehicles are retained at the Tottenham
Central Fire Station and at Coombes Croft for accident and emergency cases.
To call an ambulance 999 should be dialled.
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 10.0 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 twenty four hour emergency service is maintained by the Central
Laboratory at Colindale.
The following is a summary of the work carried out during 1958 at the
Coppett's Wood Hospital Branch in Hornsey.