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regarding personal problems are given by voluntary organisations catering for persons
with particular handicaps. The Welfare Department endeavours to procure from industry
appropriate assembly work and arranges for this to be carried out by handicapped persons
at a work centre or in their own homes, where suitable.
In 1961 there were 350 cases on Tottenham's register of handicapped persons.
Mental Health
The local offices of the mental health service are at the Local County Offices,
Somerset Road, Tottenham, N.17. (TOTtenham 4500).
Ambulance Service
Ambulances are stationed at the Edmonton Fire and Ambulance Station(EDMonton
5544), 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 amd 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:-
RECORD OF EXAMINATIONS
Throat/Nose Swabs:- Total Specimens 73
Haemolytic Streptococci 5
Negative 68
Faeces:- Total Specimens 291
Shigella 25
Salmonella Typhi-murium 6
Negative 260
Sputum:- Total Specimens 1
Negative 1
Miscellaneous Specimens:- 17
Total Number of Specimens 382