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Public Health Committee and
Highways Committee 3
(For street and other accidents, maternity cases,
etc.)
The Public Health Committee of the Council has two ambulances
which are housed, driven, supplied with petrol and oil, and
maintained by a Contractor in the Borough. These vehicles made
2,430 journeys during the year, including six at the request of the
East Ham Council. The number of persons conveyed from one
address to another in the district was 1,307, whilst 1,117 persons
were taken from an address in the Borough to an address outside,
or vice versa. Of the total number of journeys made by the
ambulances, no less than 840 were for accidents occurring either
at home, at work, or in the street. These ambulances are only
used for accidents and non-infectious cases requiring immediate
removal to hospital for treatment or operation, and in the latter
cases a medical certificate is required.
Information regarding the use of these ambulances is brought
to the notice of the general public by means of notices which are
placed in Council's Fire Stations, Schools, and other public buildings;
in addition to this the Police are fully aware of the conditions
in force, and on a number of occasions get into direct contact
with the ambulance stations. The service has been in operation
for some considerable time, and the citizens are fully cognisant
of the rules and regulations governing the use of the Council's
ambulances.
Reciprocal arrangements are in force with the County
Borough of East Ham, and with the Borough of Barking, for the
use of their respective ambulances, on call, in cases of emergency.
The journeys made under these arrangements during the year
1930 are as under:—
In twelve cases the ambulance of the East Ham Authority
was requisitioned for the removal of West Ham cases, and on six
occasions the West Ham ambulance was used for East Ham cases.
In addition to the Public Health Committee's two ambulances,
the Highways Committee of the Council has an ambulance
stationed at the Silvertown Fire Station in the Silvertown area,
which is available daily between the hours of 7 a.m. and 11 p.m.
Phis vehicle is used in the main for accidents occurring in factories
in the Silvertown district, and certain factory owners contribute
towards the cost of this service. There were 145 journeys made
in this connection during the year.
There is also in force an inter-working arrangement between
this Council and the London County Council.
The service as a whole has, during the year, worked very
satisfactorily, and is quite adequate for the district. No complaints
have been received of late arrival, or of any other matter
in connection with the Council's Ambulance Service.
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