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50
Home Visits by Health Visitors.
A total of 9,806 visits was made in respect of immunisation
and vaccination.
AMBULANCE SERVICE.
To the Medical Officer of Health.
I beg to submit the Eighth Annual Report and Statistics of
this Service, for the year ended 31st December, 1949.
During the year the Service dealt with 34,926 calls, which is
an increase of 9,699 or approximately 38 per cent. over the figures
for 1948, and this increase is obviously accounted for by the
expansion due to the National Health Service Act.
The mileage covered by ambulances on calls during the year
was 295,565 miles, which is an increase of 109,954 over the
previous year's figures.
The average time taken by an ambulance to attend emergency
calls was four minutes, and as the accident calls were scattered
throughout the Borough this time would appear to be quite
reasonable.
During the year, ambulance ABY 11 was taken out of commission
and was replaced by a new Humber-Pullman ambulance.
In addition, one new Hillman Minx sitting case car was taken
into service.
Also during this year a 44-hour week was introduced for the
personnel of this Service, which necessitated the employment of
a further 5 driver-attendants in order to maintain the efficiency of
the Service.
I have to report that numerous letters of appreciation have
been received from persons who have had occasion to avail
themselves of the ambulances.
A. L. HILL,
Chief Officer.