Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE—
Table V—
Metropolitan borough. | 1930-31. | 1931-32. | 1932. | 1933. | 1934. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Battersea | 1,324 | 1,305 | 1,242 | 1,296 | 1,376 |
Bermondsey | 997 | 981 | 967 | 967 | 1,012 |
Bethnal Green | 659 | 632 | 494 | 535 | 635 |
Camberwell | 1,809 | 1,797 | 1,942 | 1,908 | 2,133 |
Chelsea | 434 | 489 | 392 | 439 | 534 |
City of London | 6 | 15 | 19 | 24 | 29 |
Deptford | 875 | 830 | 743 | 855 | 997 |
Finsbury | 975 | 891 | 797 | 788 | 799 |
Fulham | 961 | 1,039 | 962 | 958 | 1,059 |
Greenwich | 890 | 876 | 724 | 862 | 1,030 |
Hackney | 1,733 | 1,679 | 1,576 | 1,798 | 1,892 |
Hammersmith | 1,515 | 1,457 | 1,325 | 1,441 | 1,553 |
Hampstead | 594 | 544 | 537 | 570 | 617 |
Holborn | 854 | 840 | 747 | 750 | 703 |
Islington | 2,986 | 2,915 | 2,843 | 2,679 | 2,834 |
Kensington | 1,229 | 1,248 | 1,283 | 1,443 | 1,483 |
Lambeth | 3,405 | 3,415 | 3,010 | 3,265 | 3,528 |
Lewisham | 1,602 | 1,636 | 1,751 | 1,780 | 1,893 |
Paddington | 1,656 | 1,665 | 1,680 | 1,623 | 1,470 |
Poplar | 1,478 | 1,374 | 1,403 | 1,389 | 1,496 |
St. Marylebone | 1,271 | 1,275 | 1,123 | 1,279 | 1,348 |
St. Pancras | 2,243 | 2,191 | 2,026 | 2,134 | 2,304 |
Shoreditch | 1,020 | 1,017 | 1,092 | 1,081 | 1,019 |
Southwark | 2,415 | 2,193 | 2,141 | 2,204 | 2,286 |
Stepney | 1,985 | 1,914 | 1,756 | 1,894 | 2,082 |
Stoke Newington | 361 | 386 | 361 | 416 | 383 |
Wandsworth | 2,583 | 2,658 | 2,684 | 2,831 | 2,949 |
Westminster, City of | 4,403 | 3,951 | 3,500 | 3,621 | 3,706 |
Woolwich | 1,443 | 1,405 | 1,478 | 1,521 | 1,609 |
Out-county | 40 | 54 | 40 | 33 | 36 |
Total | 43,746 | 42,672 | 40,638 | 42,384 | 44,844 |
Table VI—
Nature of ease. | 1930-31. | 1931-32. | 1932. | 1933. | 1934. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Street accidents | 17,789 | 16,956 | 16,870 | 17,799 | 18,142 |
Other accidents | 6,287 | 6,298 | 4,948 | 4,852 | 5,144 |
Illness (other than epilepsy) | 8,152 | 7,955 | 7,844 | 8,164 | 8,055 |
Epilepsy | 2,510 | 2,112 | 1,863 | 1,762 | 1,661 |
Parturition | 3,325 | 3,907 | 4,156 | 4,416 | 4,977 |
Attempted suicide | 543 | 582 | 650 | 653 | 602 |
Assaults | 730 | 604 | 448 | 569 | 643 |
Special cases | 356 | 644 | 381 | 877 | 1,861 |
Removals (See table VIII) | 3,227 | 2,881 | 2,627 | 2,400 | 2,563 |
Ambulance not required | 2,725 | 2,353 | 2,504 | 2,758 | 2,935 |
Ambulance unavailable | 1† | – | – | – | – |
Total | 45,645 | 44,292 | 42,291 | 44,250 | 46,583 |
† Case near county boundary. Ambulances from adjacent stations both engaged. Removal effected
by Croydon ambulance.