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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
East Ham 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 36 UNIT COSTS - AMBULANCE SERVICE
| Ambulance Service only | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tear ending 31.3.57 | Tear ending 31.3.58 | |
| Cost per Vehicle mile | 4/- | 4/3 |
| Cost per Patient | 16/6 | 17/7 |
| Cost per 1,000 Population | £282,0.0. | £313.0.0. |
| No. of Patients carried per 1,000 Population | 363 | 366 |
| Average mileage per patient | 4.0 | 4.2 |
SECTION 28 - PREVENTION OF ILLNESS, CARE AND AFTER CARE
Loan Clipboards.
The scheme for the loan of articles to aid in the domiciliary nursing of the sick remains as
detailed in my previous reports, except that cupboards are now maintained only at the Town Hall Annexe
and at Church Road Clinic.
Details of the items loaned during the year are shown in the following table -
TABLE 36
| Article | No. of occasions item loaned Cupboard at | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town Hall | Annexe | Church Road Clinic | ||||
| 1956 | 1957 | 1956 | 1957 | 1956 | 1957 | |
| Air bed rings | 222 | 262 | 19 | 15 | 241 | 277 |
| Bed Blocks | 9 | 6 | - | - | 6 | |
| Bed Boards | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Bed cradles | 21 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 36 |
| Bed pans | 261 | 330 | 18 | 20 | 279 | 350 |
| Bed rests | 207 | 259 | 13 | 7 | 220 | 266 |
| Blankets | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Commodes | 7 | 12 | - | - | 7 | 12 |
| Crutches | 12 | 12 | - | - | 12 | 12 |
| Douche cans | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Dunlopillo Rings | 2 | 7 | - | - | 2 | 7 |
| Feeding Cups | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 |
| Hot Water Bottles | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Hospital Bedsteads | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Mattresses | 4 | 5 | - | - | 4 | 5 |
| Pillows | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 |
| Pillow Cases | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Rubber Sheets | 191 | 239 | 13 | 11 | 204 | 250 |
| Sand Bags | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Sheets | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Sputum mugs | 12 | 12 | - | - | 12 | 12 p |
| Steam Kettles | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||
| Urinals | 121 | 146 | 12 | 10 | 133 | 156 |
| Walking Sticks | 3 | 6 | - | - | 1 | 0 1 |
| Water beds | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | X |
| Wheel Chairs | 53 | 69 | - | - | 53 | by |
| Totals | 1,146 | 1,415 | 80 | 71 | 1,226 | 1,486 |