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HOME HELPS.
The Home Helps scheme during the year 1946 expanded
considerably with the return of persons from evacuation and with
the considerable increase that occurred in the birth-rate.
(1) Number of Home Helps—January 1st
and December 31st, 1946— 1/1/46. 31/12/46.
(a) Full-time 21 35
(b) Part time 9 10
(2) Number of applications—
(a) Maternity 622
(b) Sickness 100
(3) Number of applications met—
(a) Maternity 551
(b) Sickness 87
(4) Average duration of services given—
(a) Maternity 14 days
(b) Sickness 10—21 days
(5) Amount recovered for services £981 lis. 3d.
((>) Rate of remuneration of "Helps"—
(a) Maternity:
Jan. 1st—July 29th £3 12s. 6d. weekly
July 30th—Dec. 31st £4 5s. 2d. weekly
(b) Sickness:
Jan. 1st—July 29th l/6d. per hour
July 30th—Dec. 31st 1 /9¾d per hour
Reference should also be made to page 94 for further data
in regard to this Service.
AMBULANCE SERVICE.
To The Medical Officer of Health.
1 beg to submit the Fifth Annual Report and Statistics for
this Service, for the year ended 31st December, 1946.
During the year the Service dealt with 15,274 calls, which
is an increase of 8,875 over the figures for 1945. This increase
is accounted for by the substantially higher figures for Private
Removals (3,605 against 1,608), Public Health Department (4,047
against 1,407), and Public Assistance Committee (626 against
194), and shows the full effect of the free ambulance service
within the Borough.