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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.
Outfits may be obtained from the Public Health Department where specimens are collected
daily by a special messenger for examination at the Hornsey Branch Laboratory, Coppett's Road,
N.10. Collecting times are 3.00 p.m. Monday to Friday and 10.00 a.m. Saturday.
A twenty-four hour emergency service is maintained by the Central Laboratory at Colindale.
The following is a summary of work carried out for Tottenham by the Laboratory Service :-

Middlesex County Council Act, 1944 Part XII
Seven establishments were registered for chiropody and special treatment, at 31st December,
1959.