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Hornchurch 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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3. Ambulance Facilities.
(i) The Council have purchased at a cost of £648 a 17.9 h.p.
Talbot six-cylinder motor ambulance, which is kept at the Fire
Station, Billet Lane, Hornchurch, and has been in use since the
25th October, 1935.
From that date until the 31st December, 1935, 66 calls were received and a total of 841 miles was run.
| The nature of the cases was :— | |
| Accidents | 25 |
| Illness | 22 |
| Removals | 13 |
| Not required or refused | 6 |
| 66 | |
Origin of calls.
Of the total calls 23 were made by the police, 5 by the employers
of the injured person, 3 by unknown persons, and in nearly
all the remainder by a relative of the patient.
The following table shows the number and the hospitals to which the cases were removed :—
| Oldchurch Hospital, Romford | 26 |
| King George Hospital, llford | 10 |
| Victoria Hospital, Romford | 4 |
| Queen Mary's Hospital, Stratford | 2 |
| London Hospital | 1 |
| St. Bartholomew's Hospital | 1 |
| Metropolitan Hospital | 1 |
| Queen Charlotte's Hospital Fast Fnd Maternity Hosnital | 1 1 |
In addition 4 cases were removed from Hospitals and there were 9 other removals.
| Calls per day. | |
| 0 | 23 |
| 1 | 32 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 |
| Times at which calls came. | |
| 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. | 48 |
| 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. | 18 |