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During 1958, the two adult Divisions did 1,808 hours Public and Transport
duties and treated, during the course of Public duties 169 cases, and whilst
off Public duty some 1,112 cases.
The No. 54 Brentford & Chiswick Ambulance Division own an ambulance which
removed, during 1958, 101 invalids and covered 3,075 miles. This Division covers
duties at the Brentford Football Ground, Chiswick Empire, at various Sports
Meetings on the Riverside lands, at the Annual Charity Sports held by the Chiswick
Savage Club, and also the Charity Cricket Match organised annually by the
Turnham Green Cricket Club. They supply an Instructor for First Aid and organise
St. John Ambulance Association classes for the local Civil Defence Corps and
they also instruct in First Aid certain of the local Scout troops. They send
attendants to Old People's gatherings and outings. Transport by motor ambulance
is provided for several local polio victims to their monthly social gatherings.
So far as No. 135 Brentford & Chiswick Nursing Division is concerned, 110
duties at local Sports Meetings, Public gatherings and Entertainments were
carried out, one nurse being available at all times for duty on the local ambulance.
Their Divisional Surgeon has given several courses of lectures in First
Aid to the Brentford & Chiswick Civil Defence and various branches of Civil
Defence in the surrounding district. They also have a Nursing Officer who has
given lectures in Home Nursing to Civil Defence. All members of the Division
are also members of the National Hospital Service Reserve and available for duty
in the local Hospital when required by the Matron. One member is available at
all times to assist in the Old People’s Home in Chiswick and is often called
on by the Matron of the Home at a minute’s notice. Both First Aid and Home
Nursing lectures have been given during the course of the year for the benefit
of local factories, Fire Brigade and Ambulance Services.
With regard to the two Cadet Divisions, they attend Sports Meetings as
messengers and have given a course in Home Nursing for the 1st Brentford Girls'
Life Brigade. They have put in 30 hours duty at the West Middlesex Hospital
and 212 hours duty at Bel fairs Home for the Aged at Chiswick.
British Red Cross Society
(1) The arrangement of sessions for the taking of blood
for the transfusion service, and the provision of
volunteer assistants during the periods of the blood
transfusion service operations.
(2) Ambulance transport for the sick to supplement the
County Ambulance facilities.
(3) The maintenance of a medical equipment loan depot at
No. 16 Heathfield Terrace, Chiswick, W. 4., open on
Mondays and Wednesdays from 7.30 to 8.30 p.m. Emergency
contact can be made with Miss Wallace - telephone
No. Chiswick 2353.
(4) Occupational therapy for the disabled ex-Service
pensioners and for Chest Clinic cases.
(5) The provision of a library service for home-bound
tuberculous patients.
(6) Home visiting in cases of distress and the provision
of urgently required household articles or home
nursing.
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