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In addition, other authorities provided ambulances or cars
on behalf of East Ham residents as follows:—
West Ham 13 journeys
Ilford 6 journeys
Barking 5 journeys
L.C.C. 1 journey
For the period 5/7/48 to 31/12/48, the following statistics are
appended :—
Total No. of calls. Total No. of patients carried
(a) Ambulances 4,034 (a) Ambulances 3,417
(b) Cars 1,776 (b) Cars 1,570
No. of accident or emergency calls included in total calls:—
(a) Ambulances 541 (b) Cars 35
Total mileage—(a) Ambulances 36,671, (b) Cars 18,327
(Total 54,998).
The above figures include calls for other areas as follows:—
Essex C.C. 15, West Ham 32, Ministry of Pensions 9,
East Ham Memorial Hospital to other areas 69—total 125.
Section 28—Prevention of Illness, Care and After-Care.
The After-Care Sub-Committee of the Health Committee deals
with all aspects of prevention of illness, care and after-care,
including tuberculosis.
A voluntary Amenities Committee continuing certain residual
functions of care and after-care in tuberculosis still exists and
affords further help in these cases.
In regard to mental illness, efforts were made to appoint a
whole-time medical officer with special qualifications and experience
to undertake this work and to act as psychiatrist to the child
guidance clinic which has been established. Only part-time
assistance was available for this purpose, but in spite of this the
work of the occupation centre for mental defectives has been
augmented and the social therapy club for ex-Runwell patients
brought largely under the control of this Committee.
The appointment of Duly Authorised Officers has contributed
greatly towards the supervision and care of both mentally defective
and mental cases in the borough, and in the re-orientated services
they operate a twenty-four hours schedule of duty.