[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough].
- Holborn (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
- Date:
- [1954]
Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![10 (3) Illness, infectious disease, etc.— Normally the hospital to which the patient is to be admitted will summon the ambu lance, if one is necessary, by telephoning WATerloo 33]]. This applies also to patients being discharged from hospital or attending there as out-patients. Emergency Bed Service. (King Edward's Hospital Fund for London). The Emergency Bed Service was founded in 1938 to assist general practitioners in finding beds for acute emergency cases. Since the 5th July, 1948, the Service, working in close co-operation with the Ambulance Service, has acted as agent for the four Metro politan Regional Hospital Boards for the admission of all types of cases except mental and tuberculous. The Central Office of the Emergency Bed Service removed from Old Jewry to 28, London Bridge Street, S.E.I, on 1st June, 1954, and the telephone number was changed from MONarch 3000 to HOP 7181. On the 8th June, 1954, the branch offices were closed and all calls are now made direct to Central Office.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/B18238968_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
