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SECTION B
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN THE BOROUGH.
CIVIL AMBULANCE SERVICE.
The normal complement of vehicles in this Service is
three, two manned fully at all times with one vehicle in
reserve.
The use of female attendants-drawn from the Civil
Defence personnel-has proved a satisfactory arrangement
especially when the ambulances were in use for the conveyance
of maternity cases.
Work of the Ambulances during the year 1943.
Number of public calls dealt with-during 1943=729
Number of private calls dealt with during 1945=59
Total 1288
Maternity & Child Welfare (Table attached)
Ante-Natal (Table attached)
Supply of Milk and Food (Table attached)
Maternal Mortality
Deaths from Puerperal Causes:-
Puerperal Sepsis 3
Other Causes 2
The, following table shows the number of maternal deaths
connected with pregnancy during the last 10 years:-
Died from
Sepsis
Died from other causes
connected with pregnancy.
1934
1
3
1935
-
-
1936
2
3
1937
-
-
1938
2
2
1939
-
2
1940
-
-
1941
-
-
1942
-
2
1943
3
2
TOTALS
8
14