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(b) Personal Health Service
The personal health services for the area are administered from the Area Health
Office at the Local County Offices, Somerset Road, Tottenham, N. 17. (TOTtenham 4500).
(c) Area Welfare Service
The welfare service is administered in Tottenham by the Area Welfare Officer,
Local County Offices, Somerset Road, Tottenham, N. 17, (TOTtenham 4500). This officer
deals with the admission of persons to residential homes provided by the Middlesex
County Council.
(d) Mental Health
The local offices of the mental health service are at the Local County Offices,
Somerset Road, Tottenham, N.17, (TOTtenham 4J00).
(e) Ambulance Service
Ambulances arestationed at the Edmonton Fire and Ambulance Station (ElMonton 55 44),
but a vehicle is retained at the Tottenham Central Fire Station 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: