[Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough.

  • Bournemouth (England). County Borough Council. nb2004301338.
Date:
1965
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Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Average miles covered per patient carried Year Local Authority St. John Association Hospital Car Service Toted all Services 1949 10-36 17-57 12-60 12-05 1950 8-43 12-31 11-08 9-77 1951 8-36 8-53 6-27 7-42 1952 7-19 6-76 4-56 5-95 1953 6-78 6-30 4-19 5-58 1954 6-18 4-58 4-11 5-23 1955 6-18 6-94 3-82 5-15 1956 5-42 5-28 4-03 4-87 1957 5-19 3-48 4-11 4-79 1958 5-07 2-27 4-50 4-82 1959 4-88 3-11 4-59 4-76 1960 4-85 3-49 4-72 4-72 1961 4-78 3-42 5-05 4-78 1962 4-91 3-30 5-46 4-97 1963 4-66 2-85 5-40 4-79 1964 4-28 — 5-44 4-68 1965 4 19 — 5-50 4 56 During the year, in September, it was reported to the Health Committee that certain of the mobile radio receivers were giving rise to concern owing to their falling output, causing not only breaks in transmission and reception but also an increase in the numbers of “blind spots” normally found in certain areas of the Borough. The Health Committee decided to replace the whole radio equipment by supplementary estimate and all ambulance vehicles are now equipped with long-range mobile receivers/trans- mitters. During the year all ambulances were also equipped with “Ambu” resuscitators and suction apparatus.