[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam] page 32

Sutton and Cheam 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]

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CIVIL AMBULANCE SERVICE
The Council's Ambulance Service operated satisfactorily
during the year. The number of calls increased. The staff carried
out their duties with keeness and efficiency. The service continued
to function in close association with the National Fire Service for
depot control and call purposes. The Austin Ambulance, which had
been submitted to much wear during the years of war, was given an
extensive mechanical overhaul, and a higher number of calls for
mutual support had to be made. The gift to the Council of an
American Red Cross Bedford Ambulance, well equioped and in good
mechanical condition, from the Board of Sutton and Cheam Hospital
in September, was a valuable and much appreciated addition to the
service, and replaced the adapted Civil Defence vehicle as a second
ambulance.

Table: The number of calls and types of call In 1946 are here compared with the calls in 1945 .

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The number of calls and types of call In 1946 are here compared with the calls in 1945 .

	Accident	Illness in Street	Urgent Illness	Non-urgent Illness	Maternity	Hospital Transport	Total
1945	345	141	337	148	137	140	1248
1946	303	141	237	225	204	215	1325

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Of the 1325 calls, 226 were dealt with by the second
ambulance, and 259 by mutual support from other districts: 210
calls were from adjoining authorities and from hospitals outside
the Borough.

Table: The Ward distribution of calls was as follows.

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The Ward distribution of calls was as follows.

	N.	N.W.	N.E.	w.c.	E.C.	E.	S.W.	S.E.	S.	Out of District	Total
Accident	17	8	26	33	41	19	12	55	39	53	303
Urgent	13	17	42	45	40	28	12	66	47	68	378
Non-Urgent	35	12	32	34	32	28	28	85	123	51	440
Maternity	11	8	30	23	27	32	6	14	15	38	204
Totals	56	45	130	135	140	107	58	220	224	210	1325

Table: The following table shows the number of calls per month in 1946 compared with the number of calls per month in 1945.

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The following table shows the number of calls per month in 1946 compared with the number of calls per month in 1945.

	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Total
1945	118	110	86	97	104	93	92	116	120	110	82	120	1248
1946	105	109	103	103	87	97	98	116	97	105	133	172	1325

Table: The following table shows the number of days in the year 1946 on which the number of calls varied from 0 to 11. Comparison is made with the year 1945.

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The following table shows the number of days in the year 1946 on which the number of calls varied from 0 to 11. Comparison is made with the year 1945.

No. of calls per day		0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	ll
1945	No. of days in year	12	47	71	77	65	42	20	18	9	2	0	2
1946	No, of days in year	11	58	41	88	57	40	29	24	7	7	1	2

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Table: The number of calls and types of call In 1946 are here compared with the calls in 1945 .

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Table: The Ward distribution of calls was as follows.

Table: The following table shows the number of calls per month in 1946 compared with the number of calls per month in 1945.

Table: The following table shows the number of days in the year 1946 on which the number of calls varied from 0 to 11. Comparison is made with the year 1945.