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London County Council 1961

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

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LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE
The tables below show some aspects of the work of this Service and of its agency and
supplementary services in 1961.
Table (i) indicates that the number of emergency calls dealt with by the accident section,
4,738 more than in 1960, continue to increase; that 25,370 fewer patients were carried
by the general section and 7,005 fewer by the agency and supplementary services. The
decrease in the total number of patients carried is only two and a half per cent, or, on
average, less than one patient per hospital per day.
The total number of general section patients conveyed includes a number travelling
long distances who complete the major part of their journey by rail. In 1961 this Service
conveyed about 25,000 such patients to and from London railway termini. Most of these
patients were conveyed at the request of other authorities; only 6,427 patients travelled
under arrangements originated by this Service.

Table: T able (i)— Work performed by the directly provided service and by the agency and supplementary services, including both general and accident section work

T able (i)— Work performed by the directly provided service and by the agency and supplementary services, including both general and accident section work

19571958195919601961
Patients:
Accident Section91,80194,07999,834103,497108,235
General Section911,303991,2631,009,1281,033,9091,008,539
Total—directly provided service1,003,1041,085,3421,108,9621,137,4061,116,774
Joint Committee25,09024,38226,58232,59331,701
Hospital Car Service201,436201,161193,523189,337183,231
West Ham C.b.C.499409496338331
Total—agency and supplementary services227,025225,952220,601222,268215,263
Total patients1,230,1291,311,2941,329,5631,359,6741,332,037
Journeys:
Accident Section97,53599,188104,983109,551114,953
General Section457,976482,863488,336488,422480,978
Total—directly provided service555,511582,051593,319597,973595,931
Joint Committee11,7459,71010,25010,87710,858
Hospital Car Service71,55670,72469,67258,44161,294
West Ham C.B.C.494403489335329
Total—agency and supplementary services83,79580,83780,41169,65372,481
Total journeys639,306662,888673,730667,626668,412
Mileage:
Accident Section485,431495,913524,009556,390605,904
General Section3,687,3533,982,3743,980,3273,960,9643,928,746
Total—directly provided service4,173,7844,478,2874,504,3364,517,3544,534,650
Joint Committee430,373394,145411,823441,468435,851
Hospital Car Service1,292,1771,224,8171,212,5801,207,4391,191,201
West Ham C.B.C.5,0524,9535,1214,0613,850
Total—agency and supplementary services1,727,6021,623,9151,629,5241,652,9681,630,902
Total mileage5,900,3866,102,2026,133,8606,170,3226,165,552