[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield].

  • Enfield (London, England). London Borough.
Date:
[1967?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    AMBULANCE SERVICE The duty of local health authorities to provide an ambulance service under Section 27 of the National Health Service Act, 1946, was, in the case of the new London Boroughs, vested in the Greater London Council by Section 45 of the London Government Act, 1963. I am indebted to Dr. A. B. Stewart, Medical Adviser to the Greater London Council, for the following information about this service. As the operational organisation of the London Ambulance Service is not based on the geographical areas of the new London Boroughs, statistical information is not correlated in respect of individual boroughs. The London Borough of Enfield comprises part of the North West Division of this service and the movement of all ambulance resources within the division is the responsibility of one control, situated at The Mall, Kenton. Although, within the Borough boundaries, there are two main stations equipped to deal with all types of ambulance removals and one sub-station primarily engaged on accident and emergency work, these resources are utilised to meet demands arising over a some what larger area. Conversely, assistance can be channelled into our Borough from elsewhere should these resources at any time be unable to meet local demands. The following statistical information shows that there has been a considerable increase in the overall volume of work this year compared with last year. Accident & Patients Emergency Mileage Others Patients Mileage MAIN STATION 101 The Ridgeway, Enfield 2,970 22,678 50,752 193,864 MAIN STATION 102 Windmill Road, Edmonton 5,731 36,043 87,951 273,975 SUB-STATION 111 High Street, Ponders End 1,943 16,697 35 241 Totals: 10,644 75,418 138,738 468,080 1965 Totals: (8,596) (60,605) (108,273) (355,647) It should be noted that the main station at Edmonton also serves the London Borough of Haringey. 39