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A 10 year loan was obtained to purchase the first 7 cars and build garage, the last payment of
which was made in September, 1923. All the cars are still in service and not one of them has been
away from the garage for repairs during their 11 years of life.
Over 395,000 journeys have been made by defective children to and from school.
23,532 patients have been conveyed to Hospital.
12,727 houses have been disinfected.
It is worthy of note that all the above mentioned patients and children have been conveyed
without injury or accident to any of them.
During the year under review the chief work has been—Conveyance of ambulance patients
and defective children ; disinfection ; certain work for other departments.
A day and night service is in operation for ambulance calls.
The staff, working hours and work to be done include the following:—
Staff—
1 Mechanic Superintendent.
10 Motor Drivers.
1 Driver Mechanic.
Working Hours—
47 per week.
Work to be done—
Health Department, Engineer's Department (including Fire Brigade),
17 vehicles, including Fire Brigade engines.
Engineering work of Municipal Hospital.
Calls for the Ambulance are heavy, and at times several cases are waiting when, as far as possible,
the most serious are removed first, but even with this arrangement delay at times results.
A certain number of accident calls have not been answered owing to car or driver being engaged,
and lack of means of calling assistance.