London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Willesden 1930

[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:—

7Total Miles Rum.
1913-1556,669
1915-20259,936
1920-25319,862
1925-2687,030
1926-2798,318
1927-28103,587
1928-29111,338
1929-30125,528
Total1,162,268

The following table gives details of the miles run during last year 1929-30

1929-30
Special School work54,129
Accidents, Sickness and Infectious cases28,153
Disinfection6,023
Education Department11,709
Accountant's Department1,420
Engineer's Department127
Clerk's Department2,190
Health Department9,924
Hospital work252
Miscellaneous130
Library Department1,128
Small Pox Hospital, Kingsbury3,051
Elections259
Braintcroft Estate (School work)7,033
Total125,528

The following gives the miles run by each vehicle during the year under review

Miles.
1. Van M.X. 18847,839
2. School Ambulance M.X. 20579.913
-3. School Ambulance M.X. 20596,536
4. School Ambulance M.X. 20607,792
5. Ambulance M.X. 20618,684
6. Ambulance M.F. 411710,648
7. School Ambulance M.H. 38089,860
8. Education and School M.H. 89899,807
9. School Ambulance M.P. 371110,199
10. School Ambulance M.P. 371210,243
11. Health Department M.T. 81011,780
12. School Ambulance M.Y. 9676,280
13. Education Department M.Y. 194,969
14. Accident Ambulance M.Y. 261,978
Total125,528

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.
*Disinfecting Van14,3681,0451,2601,25017,923
*Infectious Ambulance12,9838921,1591,06216,096
*Accident and Illness Ambulances15,6312,0192,3092,70422,663
42,9823,9564,7285,01656,682

* 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.