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London County Council 1901

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: Towns which have provided or

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Towns which have provided or

Town.	Has an emergency ambulance service been established, if so, by whom. 1	Whether a horse or hand ambulance service. 2	Area which ambulance serves. 3
Liverpool	Yes, by Corporation (Watch Committee)	Horse ambulances, supplemented by hand ambulances	City area of 13,236 acres is divided into five districts, and in each is a horse ambulance
Birkenhead	Yes, a horse ambulance, bought by subscription, has been presented to Corporation	Horse ambulance. Other ambulances are kept at the hospitals and other institutions	One horse ambulance serves the whole district. Area, 3,850 acres
Manchester, 544,894	Yes, by Corporation (Watch Committee)	Horse ambulance service	Two horse ambulances at present in use. Four will be provided, one for each police division of the city.
Oldham	Yes, presented to town and now maintained by Watch Committee	Horse ambulance service	One horse ambulance serves the whole town. Area 5,000 acres about. Occasionally used for surrounding district
Bradford	Yes, provided by subscription and afterwards taken over by Corporation	A horse ambulance and hand ambulance service	One horse ambulance serves the area of sanitary district. Area 22,000 acres
Newcastle-on-Tyne	Yes, by the Watch Committee	Horse ambulance service	Two horse ambulances for the whole city area
Haddersfield	Yes, by the police	Horse ambulance service	One horse ambulance for 11,852 acres
Bolton	Yes, by private individual	Horse ambulance service	One horse ambulance for the borough (15,283 acrcs) and for short distances outside
Blackburn, 127,527	Yes, by private subscription	Horse ambulance service, and hand ambulances belonging to police	One horse ambulance for 6,973 acres
Bristol	Yes	Horse ambulance service with hand ambulances and stretchers at the police stations	...
Gateshead	Yes, by police	Horse and hand ambulance service	The area served by a horse ambulance is 3,138 acres
Burnley	Yes, partly by public subscription, partly by-local authority	Horse ambulance service	One horse ambulance serves the borough. Area, 4,015 acres
Hall	Yes. (1) Provided and maintained by private subscription. (2) By Corporation	(1) One horse ambulance. (2) Hand ambulances	(1) For whole city area. (2) For whole city area
Sheffield	Yes, by local authority	Horse ambulance service (there are also private hand ambulances at all big works)	There are two horse ambulances for the city. Area, 19,651 acres