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Transport of Patients for Public Assistance Committee.
Patients conveyed for Public Assistance Committee realised
(he sum of £98 7s. 0d., and accounts for this amount have been
rendered.
The arrangements for mutual assistance with the following
authorities for the use of ambulances to convey persons injured
in accidents, etc., to home addresses after treatment at Hospitals
continues to operate satisfactorily.
The authorities concerned were:—
London County Council 12 cases
Borough of Mitcham 8 ,,
Coulsdon and Purley U.D.C. 22 ,,
Borough of Beckenham 7 ,,
On 649 occasions First Aid was rendered to injured persons
prior to their removal to Hospital.
On 29 occasions oxygen and carbon dioxide was administered
to patients by means of the "Novox Resuscitating Apparatus."
On 9 occasions persons were certified dead at scene ot
accident or illness.
On 39 occasions injured persons were conveyed to. hospital,
hut were certified dead on arrival.
During the year the Service was called upon to deal with 11
cases of suicide and 20 cases of attempted suicide.
Calls during the year were apportioned as follows:—
Headquarters Station 13,040
No. 2 Station, Thornton Heath 4,060
No. 3 Station, Crunden Road 3,941
Mayday and Borough Hospitals 4,186
25,227
How Calls were Received.
Police 821
Fire Brigade 379
Other Ambulance Services 85
Public 1,963
Doctors and Hospitals 22,473
25,227
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