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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 1964

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

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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

19601961196219631964
Patients:
Accident Section103,497108,235110,225117,567121,553
General Section1,033,9091,008,539969,215956,546980,125
Total—directly provided service1,137,4061,116,7741,079,4401,074,1131,101,678
Joint Committee32,59331,70131,34933,51540,523
Hospital Car Service189,337183,231188,365189,559187,666
West Ham C.B.C.338331326330402
Total—agency and supplementary services222,268215,263220,040223,404228,591
Total patients1,359,6741,332,0371,299,4801,297,5171,330,269
Journeys:
Accident Section109,551114,953117,020125,183129,452
General Section488,422480,978476,081479,751491,571
Total—directly provided service597,973595,931593,101604,934621,023
Joint Committee10,87710,85810,45610,82911,165
Hospital Car Service58,44161,29466,70466,11174,938
West Ham C.B.C.335329324328393
Total—agency and supplementary services69,65372,48177,48477,26886,496
Total journeys667,626668,412670,585682,202707,519
Mileage:
Accident Section556,390605,904618,075661,082674,830
General Section3,960,9643,928,7463,908,5803,898,2703,995,283
Total—directly provided service4,517,3544,534,6504,526,6554,559,3524,670,113
Joint Committee441,468435,851427,119436,759430,497
Hospital Car Service1,207,4391,191,2011,271,8631,265,2721,276,856
West Ham C.B.C.4,0613,8503,5433,6224,017
Total—agency and supplementary services1,652,9681,630,9021,702,5251,705,6531,711,370
Total mileage6,170.3226,165,5526.229,1806,265,0056,381,483

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Another problem in London arises from the concentration within the county of so many
teaching and specialist hospitals. Patients come to the capital from all parts of the country
for specialised treatment; many others, travelling for convalescence from their homes and
from hospitals outside the county, frequently have to cross London in the course of their
journeys. For these reasons a technique of sending patients who have long distances to
travel by ambulance/train/ambulance arrangements was rapidly developed; the Service
now meets over 100 trains a day to pick up patients arriving in London or to send them to
their homes after treatment.
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