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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 1962

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

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Table: Table (ii)— General section

Table (ii)— General section

19581959196019611962
Average mileage per patient4.023.943.833.894.0
Average mileage per journey8.258.158.118.178.2
Patients carried per 100 journeys205207212210208

Table: Table (iii)— Accident section

Table (iii)— Accident section

YearNumber of calls receivedAmbulance not requiredAverage time to incident (in minutes)Average time from incident to hospital (in minutes)
195899,1887,7466.55.7
1959104,9838,6406.66.2
1960109,5519,6446.86.4
1961114,93510,3507.06.2
1962117,02010,4207.06.5

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NOTES—1. These numbers include some urgent parturition cases and patients removed by general section
ambulances when passing the scene of an accident.
2. Some accident calls are answered by vehicles from general stations, usually when an ambulance
from the nearest accident station is not available.

Table: Table (iv)— Accident section—Source of calls

Table (iv)— Accident section—Source of calls

19581959196019611962
Public and L.C.C. staff68,13472,79376,70581,75584,261
Police15,46816,43016,50516,75316,396
Midwives*714420326339307
Doctors6,8157,0927,5227,9648,549
Hospitals2,0322,0212,1862,0451,933
Railway officials3,0302,9312,8962,8682,654
Local calls†870923893788827
London Fire Brigade9281,0671,055789596
Out county1,2061,3061,4631,6341,497
Total calls99,188104,983109,551114,935117,020

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* Fewer calls for gas-and-air analgesia apparatus because of the introduction of trilene apparatus which
is portable by midwives.
† Made personally at ambulance stations.

Table: Vehicles—By the end of the year 199 of the new type Austin ambulances were in service in replacement of Daimlers. Many modifications and improvements to the original prototype were carried out and research continued into the possibility of further improvement.

Vehicles—By the end of the year 199 of the new type Austin ambulances were in service in replacement of Daimlers. Many modifications and improvements to the original prototype were carried out and research continued into the possibility of further improvement.

The vehicle strength at 31.12.62 was:
Large ambulances250
Single stretcher, sitting case ambulances61
Sitting case cars30*
Ambulance coaches6
Mobile control unit for major accidents1
Tenders2
350

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* Including four cars for the use of visiting officers.
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