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London County Council 1901

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

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How staffed.	Location of ambulance.	Means for summoning the ambulance.	Expenses.
4	5	6	7
By men of the police force. The horses are provided by the police depot. If the hospitals so desire they can provide an ambulance surgeon	Four ambulances are kept at hospitals, viz., (1) Royal Infirmary; (2) Royal Southern; (3) Stanley; (4) Northern. One is kept at an outlying police station. For use during the night time for the four hospital districts, an ambulance is kept at the central fire station	By telephonic communication from all police stations and hospitals, also by a system of police telephone call - boxes throughout the city	Cannot be differentiated from general expenses of the horsing department of police.
By the fire brigade staff (13 permanent men), who are all instructed in ambulance work	Central fire station	By telephone. There are 34 telephone fire-alarm boxes in the borough which are used for ambulance calls	Cannot be differentiated from fire brigade accounts.
No separate staff. Worked by the police at each divisional station	At the police divisional station	Telephone communication between all police and fire brigade stations	Costof each ambulance, £135 maintenance. Worked as part of police duties.
By two members of the fire brigade, who are instructed in ambulance work	Central fire station	No information	Not separable from fire brigade account.
The staff is provided by the fire brigade	Fire station	By application to the police department.	Horse ambulance, £123. Hand, £7 7s. Repairs, £37 4s. 3d. Ambulance classes, etc., £98 7s. 3d.
The staff of the department of the mounted police force	At police stations	Telephones and fire alarm-posts (telephonic)	Ambulances, £87 10s., £97 3s.; repairs, £25.
By the police	At the fire station	Street telephone call boxes for ambulance and fire-alarms	No information.
By the Corporation fire brigade	At the Corporation fire station	Ordinary telephone and fire-alarm telephones	No information.
No special staff	Local livery stables	Either through the police or the infirmary	Initial expenso about £100.
By the police	Central police station	No information	No information.
By the police	At police stations	The ambulance can be obtained at any time by the police	Ambulance vans, £110; horse hire, £40 per annum.
The fire brigade (1) By members of St. John Ambulance brigade. (2) By the police. Each member of the force is expected to become efficient in rendering first-aid	The fire station (1) At an appointed station. (2) A wheeled ambulance at each police station and stretchers at the various fire-boxes.	By telephone (1) By telephonic communication between all parts of city and appointed station	Cost of ambulance, £133. Maintenance not separable from fire brigade expenses.
No special staff. Worked by the fire brigade	One at the chief fire station, one at a police fire station	By telephone calls to station. Number of calls in 1891 was 48, but have increased considerably. In 1900 there were 298 calls	Ambulance, £130. One horse, £50. Maintenance not separated from fire brigade account.