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The Council has an agreement with the Borough
Councils of Barking and Ilford for the reciprocal use
of ambulances and for the conveyance of street cases.
In the event of the ambulance of one Authority being
called to a case just inside the boundary of one of the
other districts, the patient is removed by the ambulance
summoned. Both ambulances were out together 289
times, while in addition on five occasions when both
vehicles were in commission, the ambulance of one of
the neighbouring Authorities was requisitioned.
Barking called on Dagenham ambulances 16 times.
(c) Maternity Cases.
These cases, if requiring the use of an ambulance,
are removed either by the Council's ambulance, or in
the case of patients being admitted to Oldchurch
Hospital, sometimes by the ambulance attached to that
institution. In the latter case, a nurse is always in
attendance. When the Council's ambulance is requested
for a maternity case, a doctor's certificate is required
before removal, to the effect that the patient is fit for
conveyance. By arrangement with the District
Nursing Association, it is now possible for a certified
midwife to accompany all maternity cases.