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Willesden 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Table No. 5.
The following gives details of the miles run during the year ended 31st March, 1936 : —
| Special school work | 55,203 |
| Accidents, Sickness and Infectious Cases | 31,280 |
| Disinfection | 6,163 |
| Education Department | 11,143 |
| Education—Elementary | 102 |
| Accounts Department | 1,702 |
| Engineer's Department | 650 |
| Clerk's Department | 7,699 |
| Health Department | 9,872 |
| Municipal Hospital Work | 164 |
| Miscellaneous | 54 |
| Maternity Hospital, Kingsbury | 22,547 |
| Princess Nursery | 19 |
| Provision of Meals | 6,288 |
| Election | 470 |
| Library Department | 33 |
| School Medical Service | - |
| Fire Brigade | 70 |
| 153,459 |
Table No . 6.
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 |
| 1925-30 | 525,801 | 41,226 | 12.754 | 12.194 |
| 1930-31 | 131,564 | 10,654 | 12.348 | 12.025 |
| 1931-32 | 132,208 | 11,055 | 11.959 | 12.238 |
| 1932-33 | 132,168 | 11,102 | 11.904 | 13.065 |
| 1933-34 | 132,548 | 11,196 | 11.841 | 12.576 |
| 1934-35 | 143,557 | 12,257 | 11.712 | 12.172 |
| 1935-36 | 153,459 | 12,936 | 11.863 | 11.810 |
During the year under review the chief work done by the service has been :—
(1) The conveyance of physically and mentally defective and blind and stammering
children to and from school. There are in all 287 such children on the list for
conveyance and on the average 225 are conveyed daily along 13 different routes.
(2) The conveyance of cases of sickness, accident, maternity and infectious disease to
hospitals. 6,592 such cases were removed in 1935-36.
(3) The transport of laundry to Kingsbury Hospital, three Health Centres, Special Schools,
Mortuary, Lower Place Nursery and Public Health Department.
(4) Conveyance of meals from the Feeding Centres to the Physically and Mentally Defective
Schools.
(5) Conveyance of children to Feeding Centres from Wykeham, Braintcroft, Wesley Road,
and Stonebridge Schools.
(6) Certain works for other departments.