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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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AMBULANCE SERVICE Classification of Journeys, Patients and Mileage.
| Patients | Journeys | Mileage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Service Removals | 72,240 | (77,949) | 44, 309 | (44, 006) | 345, 809 | (381,829) |
| Spastics | 4, 232 | (- ) | 731 | ( - ) | 12,060 | ( - ) |
| Mental Defectives | 23, 984 | ( 18, 670) | 812 | (788) | 23, 249 | (23,466) |
| St. Margaret's School | 487 | (478) | 365 | (378) | 3,096 | (2,567) |
| Accidents | 3, 620 | (3, 730) | 3, 464 | (3,577) | 18,264 | (18,805) |
| Abortive | 249 | (225) | 1,094 | (1,350) | ||
| Gas and Air Analgesia | 626 | (900) | 5,063 | (8,059) | ||
| Miscellaneous, (Testing, Pay Round, etc.) | 546 | (617) | 5,177 | (4,235) | ||
| 104,563 | (100, 827) | 51,102 | (50,491) | 413,812 | (440,311) | |
| Civil Defence | 188 | (149) | 1,876 | (1,824) | ||
| 104,563 | (100,827) | 51,290 | (50,640) | 415,688 | (442,135) | |
18,925 (19,434) cases were conveyed to places outside the Borough,
and on these journeys 132,756 ( 132,568) miles were travelled.
N.B. All figures in brackets are for previous year.
Classification of Accident Calls
| Home Accidents | (Children) | 336 |
| (Adults) | 354 | |
| Miscellaneous Accidents | (Children) | 74 |
| (Adults) | 164 | |
| Recreational Accidents | (Children) | 55 |
| (Adults) | 66 | |
| School Accidents | 238 | |
| Street Accidents | (Children) | 174 |
| (Adults) | 755 | |
| Work Accidents | 308 | |
| Home Illness | (Children) | 36 |
| (Adults) | 164 | |
| Street Illness | (Children) | 9 |
| (Adults) | 558 | |
| Work illness | 81 | |
| Attempted Suicide | 36 | |
| Suicide | 9 | |
| Common Assault | 47 | |
| 3,464 | ||