[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough.

  • Tynemouth (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    During tlie year 1952, the incidence of calls on the Ambulance Service showed an increase of 3,081 (approximately 20%) over the previous year, a total of 17,461 of all types having beeen answered, compared with 14,380 in 1951. Mileages covered were 92,249 in 1952, as against 90,941 in 1951, the comparatively low increase of 1,307 miles (approximately 14%) being accounted for by the fact tliat the greatest increase in demands was for the conveyance of local residents to and from hospitals in the Dorough, and that m.ore effective arrangements had been made with local hospitals as to the notification of impending discharges. Details of the increased numbers of calls received are as follows Residents conveyed to or from Tynemouth, hospitals ... 1,735 Residents conveyed to outside hospitals ... ... ... 399 Re.sidents conveyed from outside hiOspitals ... ... ... 861 .Vccidents to residents ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 Non-residents conveyed between Tynemouth hospitals ... 400 Non-residents conveyed home from 4%nemouth hospitals ... 10 ] ourneys conveying blood pla,sma ... ... ... ... 1 Journeys conveying midwives ... ... ... ... ... 11 .\bortive calls ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 62 3,481 Fenver calls were received in the following categories :— Residents conveyed between 4'vnemouth hospitals o — ooO Accidents to non-residents ... ... ... ... 11 l\Tiscellaneous cases ... ... ... ... 54 400 Net Increase 3,081 h'roin the above figures it would appear that more and more patients are being referred to hospitals for treatment, in addition to which the public is becoming more “ambulance-conscious.’' In February, 1952, a second sitting-case car approved in the estab¬ lishment scheme, was put into service and more accurate figures as to the calls for car convevance as compared with ambulances are naturally reflected in the figures for 1952. In comparii'.on with 1951 when one car only was in use (other sitting patients being conveyed by ambulance), car journeys made in 1952 show an increase of nearly 1,200 and the number of patients carried by car increased by nearly 2,200. Ambulance journeys on the other hand decreased by over 400, in spite of the extra cases conveyed (800 approximately).