Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Total Number of Miles Run.
The following table shows the number of miles run year by year since the inception of the service:—
7 | |
1913-15 | 56,669 |
1915-20 | 259,936 |
1920-25 | 319,862 |
1925-26 | 87,030 |
1926-27 | 98,318 |
1927-28 | 103,587 |
1928-29 | 111,338 |
1929-30 | 125,528 |
Total | 1,162,268 |
The following table gives details of the miles run during last year 1929-30
Special School work | 54,129 |
Accidents, Sickness and Infectious cases | 28,153 |
Disinfection | 6,023 |
Education Department | 11,709 |
Accountant's Department | 1,420 |
Engineer's Department | 127 |
Clerk's Department | 2,190 |
Health Department | 9,924 |
Hospital work | 252 |
Miscellaneous | 130 |
Library Department | 1,128 |
Small Pox Hospital, Kingsbury | 3,051 |
Elections | 259 |
Braintcroft Estate (School work) | 7,033 |
Total | 125,528 |
The following gives the miles run by each vehicle during the year under review
1. Van M.X. 1884 | 7,839 |
2. School Ambulance M.X. 2057 | 9.913 |
-3. School Ambulance M.X. 2059 | 6,536 |
4. School Ambulance M.X. 2060 | 7,792 |
5. Ambulance M.X. 2061 | 8,684 |
6. Ambulance M.F. 4117 | 10,648 |
7. School Ambulance M.H. 3808 | 9,860 |
8. Education and School M.H. 8989 | 9,807 |
9. School Ambulance M.P. 3711 | 10,199 |
10. School Ambulance M.P. 3712 | 10,243 |
11. Health Department M.T. 810 | 11,780 |
12. School Ambulance M.Y. 967 | 6,280 |
13. Education Department M.Y. 19 | 4,969 |
14. Accident Ambulance M.Y. 26 | 1,978 |
Total | 125,528 |
Calls.
The following table shows the number of calls for the Disinfecting Van, Infectious, Accident and Illness Ambulances respectively:—
Delivery (1913) to 31/3/27. | 1/4/27 to 31/3/28. | 1/4/28 to 31 /3/29. | 1/4/29 to 31/3/30. | Grand Total 1913-1930. | |
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*Disinfecting Van | 14,368 | 1,045 | 1,260 | 1,250 | 17,923 |
*Infectious Ambulance | 12,983 | 892 | 1,159 | 1,062 | 16,096 |
*Accident and Illness Ambulances | 15,631 | 2,019 | 2,309 | 2,704 | 22,663 |
42,982 | 3,956 | 4,728 | 5,016 | 56,682 |
* Owing to the demand on the ambulances it is impossible to keep them to the work specified
and infectious cases are sometimes removed on the Accident Ambulance and non-infectious on
Infectious Ambulance.