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London County Council 1953

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

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Table: Work performed by the directly provided service

Work performed by the directly provided service

YearAccident SectionGeneral SectionTotal
PatientsNon-patient carrying journeysTotal journeys (calls)MileagePatientsJourneysMileagePatientsJourneysMileage
193854,0704,12656,318293,166217,908171,000 (est.)1,930,172271,978227,000 (est.)2,223,338
194761,1365,00764,560362,880182,206155,1221,768,550243,342219,6822,131,430
194859,9127,76466,373367,627239,157192,8812,072,545299,069259,2542,440,172
194965,98911,39175,901410,917362,963279,6002,808,550428,952355,5013,219,467
195073,85311,52383,791437,416480,048340,8763,041,569553,901424,6673,478,985
195177,66111,48887,012443,683550,621361,6643,092,902628,282448,6763,536,585
195278,69210,85187,691442,268660,206410,4693,470,442738,898498,1603,912,710
195381,80011,38790,896458,602721,334428,7553,625,430803,134519,6514,084,032

Table: Work performed by the agency and supplementary services

Work performed by the agency and supplementary services

YearCity of London PoliceHome Ambulance ServiceHospital Car ServiceWest Ham C.B.C.Total
PatientsMileagePatientsMileagePatientsMileagePatientsMileagePatientsMileage
19489072,5465,454204,04830,052430,1213746936,450637,184
19498352,6199,557376,564107,6671,496,0901131,468118,1721,876,741
1950——7,966281,223144,6691,787,4342464,373152,8812,073,030
1951——10,111263,087149,0461,740,9302083,338159,3652,007,355
1952——13,682285,075135,5231,504,1385917,806149,7961,797,019
1953——15,272319,869131,7631,424,7884575,358147,4921,750,015

Table: Work performed by both sections of the directly provided service and by the agency and supplementary services

Work performed by both sections of the directly provided service and by the agency and supplementary services

YearTotal Emergency WorkTotal General Section WorkGrand Total
PatientsMileagePatientsMileagePatientsMileage
193854,070293,166217,9081,930,172271,9782,223,338
194761,136362,880182,2061,768,550243,3422,131,430
194860,819370,173274,6692,706,755335,4883,076,928
194966,824413,536480,3004,682,672547,1245,096,208
195073,853437,416632,9295,114,599706,7825,552,015
195177,661443,683709,9865,100,257787,6475,543,940
195278,692442,268810,0025,267,461888,6945,709,729
195381,800458,602868,8265,375,445950,6265,834,047

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NOTES :—1 The figures are based on the Council's definition of a 'patient,' which differs from that adopted by the Ministry of Health.
2. The agreements with the agency and supplementary services have been in operation only since 5th July, 1948, the 4 appointed day * under the National Health Service Act, 1946, and that with the City of London
Police terminated on 4th July, 1949.
3. The work carried out by the City of London Police consisted of the removal of accident cases and has been included in the table for ' Total Emergency Work ' ; that performed by the other agency and supplimentary
services is almost entirely analogous to the General Section * work of the directly provided service and has been included in the table for ' Total General Section Work*