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Outfits for taking specimens from patients are provided for
practitioners, on request, by the Whitechapel (London County
Council) Clinic.
The Walthamstow Dispensary.
The Dispensary is a Charity founded in 1873, and during 1932
gave treatment to 974 patients, who made 3,126 attendances. In
addition, 88 operations for removal of Tonsils and Adenoids were
done for your Education and Maternity and Child Welfare
Committees.
(vi) Ambulance Facilities.
(a) Infectious Cases.—No change since last report.
(b) Non-Infectious and Accident Cases, and
(c) Maternity Patients.
(A) Municipal Service.
During the year your Council provided two Austin ambulances,
which are staffed by firemen under the supervision of the Superintendent
of the Fire Brigade. The ambulances are garaged at the
Fire Station, and the following scale of fees is in force:—
(i) That no charge be made for the use of the ambulances in
connection with cases of street accidents.
(ii) That for the removal of an accident case from a factory
to a local hospital, the employer be charged a fee of 2s. 6d.
(iii) That in the case of an ambulance being utilised for the
removal of a patient from home to a local hospital, or vice versa,
a charge of 2s. 6d. be made.
(iv) For the removal of patients to a destination outside the
district, that a charge of Is. 3d. per mile be made.
(v) That for the purpose of this Scale of Charges, Whipps Cross
Hospital be considered a local hospital.
Superintendent Camp, A.M.I.Fire E., reports as follows on
the work done during 1932 :—
"The ambulance service came into operation on 21st October,
1932, and up till 31st December last 166 cases have been dealt
with, 6 of which were removals from home to hospital, or vice
versa, and 80 were accidents. Six maternity cases are included
in the removals, the patient in each case being accompanied by a
female relative or friend.