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(b) Personal Health Service
The personal health services which since 1948 have been controlled by the Middlesex
County Council are administered from the Area Health Offices, Somerset Road, Tottenham, N.17.
(c) Area Welfare Service
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.
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,