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AMBULANCE SERVICE.
Patients have been removed during the year both by motor and
horse ambulance The motor ambulance was out of commission for
four months for overhauling. The figures given below therefore refer
to the period of 8 months for the motor ambulance and for the period
of the whole year for the horse ambulance.
No. of Journeys 998
No of Patients carried 921
Mileage 5,984
Petrol used 454 galls.
Mileage per gallon of petrol 13.2
The figures relating to the Horse Ambulance are as follows:—
No. of Journeys 570
No. of Patients carried 381
No. of Days Horse used 207
In the latter part of the year the horse had to be destroyed
Since then the motor ambulance has alone been used,
WORK OF THE BOROUGH LABORATORY.
The work done in the Laboratory consists of
(a) Examinations made of cases in the hospital.
(b) „ „ „ „ „ „ town, either for the
M.O.H., or for private practitioners.
It is one of the most important and most efficient parts of the
Public Health Department.

Outfits sent to the Town Hall.
Diphtheria. Tubercle Enteric. Total.
3,383 1,135 9 4,521
Blood Serum prepated.
558 dozen tubes at 5/- per dozen = £139 10s. 0d.
Special Media prepared.
1,000 c.c. Agar Agar.