[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council.

  • Shropshire Council
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    AMBULANCE SERVICES. Two motor ambulances are owned by the County Council, one stationed at a garage in Shrewsbury and one at the County Council Hospital. The one which is kept in Shrewsbury is generally available for the removal of patients to or from any house or hospital in Shropshire, and is utilised both for infectious and ordinary cases. It was used on 479 occasions and covered a distance of 13,447 miles. Whenever the ambulance is used for an infectious case, the Sanitary Inspector of the District is responsible for taking the necessary steps for its disinfection after¬ wards. The ambulance at the Hospital is used chiefly by this Institution, but is available elsewhere, if required. In addition, there is at the Hospital a converted ambulance used as a staff van, which can be, and sometimes is, used to serve the purposes of an ambulance. In tabular form details are given below of the Ambulance facilities in the County:— Provision by Local Authorities (9). Bridgnorth Borough ; Dawley Urban ; Wellington Urban ; Whitchurch Urban ; Shifnal Rural ; Market Drayton Urban and Rural (jointly Muth Newcastle-under-Lyme District). In addition, the three County Council Ambulances, are available for the whole County. Provision by Voluntary Hospitals (2). Lady Forester Hospital, Much Wenlock; Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital. Provision by other Voluntary Bodies (4). St. John’s Ambulance Brigade, Ludlow. Oakengates Ambulance Committee. Oswestry and District Ambulance Committee. St. John Ambulance Brigade, Shrewsbury. Arrangements (if any) in other Areas. Bishop’s Castle Borough—At local garage a van and stretcher are available. Bridgnorth Rural—Council subscribes to Bridgnorth Borough Ambulance. Ellesmere Rural—Oswestry Ambulance Service (no contribution made by Council towards cost). Newport Urban—Private enterprise. Wem Rural—Use made of Whitchurch Ambulance within six miles radius of Whitchurch. Church Stretton Urban] Wem Urban] Clun Rural] Wellington Rural—No formal provision. HOUSING. The administration of the various Housing Acts is primarily the responsibility of the District Councils, and the chief responsibility of the County Council is with regard to housing in rural areas. The Act of 1936 makes it a duty of the County Council to keep in touch with housing conditions in Rural Districts and to obtain information regarding housing conditions and housing progress from returns supplied by the Councils of the Districts at least once a year. Furthermore, this Act makes it a duty of the County Council to contribute £1 for forty years in respect of houses built to meet the needs of the agricultural population. Below are given particulars of the houses in respect of which the County Council makes this contribution. Houses approved under Section 115, Housing Act, 1936. Rural District. Clun Ellesmere Newport Oswestry Wellington Wem Drayton Clun Ellesmere Drayton Atcham Atcham Clun No. of Houses. Date approved by County Council. 26 24 20 34 . 6/2/1932 38 20 8 4/5/1935 2 27/7/1935 6 2/5/1936 8 7/11/1936 4 1/5/1937 4 5/2/1938 9 7/5/1938