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First aid was rendered on 163 occasions, whilst the resuscitating apparatus
was in use 18 times.
The bedside apparatus for the supply of oxygen was requisitioned for
11 patients by local practitioners.
With the increase in size of the population, these two ambulances are
in requisition to a greater extent—the corresponding figure for 1934 was 3,239.
The total mileage of the vehicles was 27,403 miles.
The Council's small bus conveys the deaf and dumb children to and from
school; it also picks up a few feeble-minded children in the morning, conveying
them to a spot to meet the guide.
It is to be hoped that improved facilities for conveying such children to
and from their destination will soon be available.
Nursing in the Home.
This is as described in previous reports.
The arrangements made between the Council and the Edmonton Nursing
Association has been terminated, as it is undesirable that an institution which
is primarily meant for the care of mothers in their confinement should be even
indirectly associated with possible sources of infection. The risk of carrying
infection is much greater in general nursing than is usually supposed and the
danger is considerable in the case of midwifery more particularly because the
"carrier" never suspects that he or she is the cause. Nor is it sufficient proof
that because the patient does not die one is innocent of being the cause. Many
of our mothers are walking the streets of our cities and towns suffering extreme
discomfort from infection brought to them by others.