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The following gives the miles run by each vehicle during the year under review :—
Miles.
1.
Van M.X. 1884
6,523
2.
School Ambulance M.X. 2057
8,162
3.
School Ambulance M.X. 2059
4,624
4.
School Ambulance M.X. 2060
4,969
5.
Ambulance M.X. 2061
5,999
6.
Ambulance M.F. 4117
5,993
7.
School Ambulance M.H. 3808
11,174
8.
Education and School M.H. 8989
7,316
9.
School Ambulance M.P. 3711
9,408
10.
School Ambulance M.P. 3712
8,762
11.
Health Department M.T. 810
11,459
12.
School Ambulance M.Y. 967
11,837
13.
Education Department M.Y. 19
14,393
14.
Accident Ambulance M.Y. 26
17,947
15.
Accident and Maternity Ambulance H.X. 12
2,998
Total
131,564
Calls.
The following table shows the number of calls for the Disinfecting Van, Infectious, Sickness
and Accident Ambulances respectively :—
Delivery
(1913) to
31/3/28.
1/4/28
to
31/3/29.
1/4/29
to
31/3/30.
1/4/30
to
31/3/31.
Grand
Total
1913-1931.
*Disinfection Van
15,413
1,260
1,250
1,130
19,053
*Ambulance calls, including
Sickness, Accident and
Infections
31,525
3,468
3,766
4,041
42,800
46,938
4,728
5,016
5,171
61,853
* 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.
Miles per Gallon and Cost per Mile Run.
Total Number of
miles run by
all vehicles.
Total Number of
gallons of petrol
consumed.
Number of miles
per gallon of
petrol consumed.
Cost in pence
per mile run.
1914-15
44,098
3,988
11.0
13.4
1915-20
259,936
25,284
10.39
13.90
1920-25
319,862
28,628
11.03
16.22
1925-26
87,030
7,189
12.106
13.654
1926-27
98,318
7,121
13.807
11.892
1927-28
103,587
7,680
13.488
10.830
1928-29
111,338
9,011
12.358
12.391
1929-30
125,528
10,225
12.277
12.378
1930-31
131,564
10,654
12.348
12.025
Storage Plant.—The petrol storage plant installed in January, 1915, is still working satisfactorily,
and saves on present consumption about £40 per annum.
This plant which finished paying for itself in 1919 by its saving in taking bulk supply has
cost nothing in upkeep except the replacement of one delivery hose.
Workshop Plant.—This is in good order and effects a great saving, both in Motor and Hospital
repairs which are both increasing.
Replacements.—Five of the vehicles attached to this service have been in constant use for
17 years, but during this financial year orders have been given for two of them to be replaced by new
Dennis 'buses, and the old ones scrapped and licences returned to the Middlesex County Council.
GEORGE F. BUCHAN,
Medical Officer of Health.