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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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TABLE I LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE.
| Analysis op costs. Year 1st April, 1934, to 31st March, 1935. | General Section. | Accident Section. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,766,885 miles. 144,848 journeys. 210,959 patients. | 222,518 miles. 44,532 journeys. 43,423 patients. | ||||||||||
| Cost per mile | Cost per journey | Cost per patient | Cost per mile | Cost per journey | Cost per patient | ||||||
| d. | d. | d. | d. | d. | d. | ||||||
| Staff— | |||||||||||
| Salaries, wages and insurance— | |||||||||||
| Operating and control staff | 7.90 | 99.39 | 67.09 | 32.02 | 165.84 | 168.28 | |||||
| Nursing service | 1.59 | 19.98 | 13,49 | - | - | - | |||||
| Uniforms of operating staff | 0.16 | 1.98 | 1.33 | 0.70 | 3.64 | 3.70 | |||||
| Stations— | |||||||||||
| Repairs (ordinary) to buildings, furniture, etc. | 0.14 | 1.71 | 1.16 | 0.35 | 1.83 | 1.86 | |||||
| Rents, rates, taxes, lighting, heating, water and insurance | 0.46 | 5.75 | 3.88 | 1.52 | 7.89 | 8.00 | |||||
| Stores and cleaning | 0.12 | 1.54 | 1.04 | 0.42 | 2.18 | 2.21 | |||||
| Vehicles— | |||||||||||
| Repairs, including renewal of tyres | 2.11 | 26.47 | 17.86 | 2.21 | 11.44 | 11.61 | |||||
| Stores, petrol and sundry expenses | 1.83 | 22.94 | 15.48 | 1.40 | 7.26 | 7.37 | |||||
| Insurance | 0.25 | 3.19 | 2.15 | 0.52 | 2.72 | 2.76 | |||||
| Replacement of vehicles | 0.97 | 12.16 | 8.21 | 1.58 | 8.21 | 8.32 | |||||
| Special charges— | |||||||||||
| Special works at stations, new stations, etc. | 0.02 | 0.24 | 0.16 | - | - | - | |||||
| Miscellaneous— | |||||||||||
| Telephones, etc. | 0.05 | 0.69 | 0.46 | 0.95 | 4.91 | 4.98 | |||||
| Stationery, postage, travelling and incidental expenses | 0.10 | 1.22 | 0.83 | 0.18 | 0.93 | 0.94 | |||||
| d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | |
| Total | 15.70 | 16 | 5.26 | 11 | 1.14 | 3 | 5.85 | 18 | 0.85 | 18 | 4.03 |
| 0.18 | 2.31 | 1.56 | 0.32 | 1.67 | 1.70 | ||||||
| Net running cost (excluding depreciation but including replacement of vehicles) | 15.52 | 16 | 2.95 | 10 | 11.58 | 3 | 5.53 | 17 | 11.18 | 18 | 2.33 |
| Overhead charges— | |||||||||||
| Superannuation fund (Council's contributions) | 0.68 | 8.57 | 5.78 | 1.46 | 7.55 | 7.66 | |||||
| Annual charge in respect of capital outlay | 0.47 | 5.95 | 4.02 | - | - | - | |||||
| Establishment charges—Pensions | 0.74 | 9.25 | 6.25 | - | - | - | |||||
| Other | 0.43 | 5.40 | 3.64 | 1.95 | 10.10 | 10.25 | |||||
| Inclusive cost | 1s. 5¾d. per mile | 18s. 8d. per journey | 12s. 7d. per patient | 3s. 9d. per mile | 19s. 5d. per journey | 19s. 8d. per patient | |||||
| Average : 12 .20 miles per journey. | Average : 4 .59 miles per journey. | ||||||||||
NOTE.—The service statistics of mileage, journeys, patients and miles per journey refer to the total work proper
to the section named. The cost per mile, per journey, and per patient are calculated on the total work
carried out by the section named whether proper to itself or to the other section, as, for flexibility in operation,
a system of mutual support has been put into force. It is not to be expected, therefore, that certain figures
in the table can be calculated from the others shown.