[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Denbighshire County Council.

  • Denbighshire (Wales). County Council. no2004062613.
Date:
1956
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Credit: [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Denbighshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The W.V.S. Car Pool serves a particularly useful purpose in un lertaking long journeys with single female ]iassengers. The type of vehicles varies, but care is taken to select a suitable driver and transport. The majority of these are lady drivers who possess cpialities that particularly suit them for the care of sick or inhrm persons on a long car journey. Furthermore, they act in a voluntary capacity, recovering only their expenses. From 'Table XXIII, it will be noted that L.C .A.. 854 trans- ported 3,542 patients. These were mainly the children attending Gwersyllt Occupation Centre who, during the year, travelled 16.203 miles in the ambulances. This will be considerably reduced in future for, with the petrol rationing, it was decided to ask all parents to send their children to Wrexham by ’bus, where they are collected and taken to Gwersyllt by ambulance. TABLE XXIV. Month Taxis Cases W.V.S. Total Taxis Mileage W.V.S. Total Jan 1109 205 1314 14914 3828 18742 Feb 1012 221 1233 13097 4079 17176 March 1059 187 1246 13431 4249 17680 April 929 221 1150 12255 3196 15451 May 957 249 1206 13002 3708 16710 June 849 291 1140 11970 3885 15855 July 1069 214 1283 13449 3164 16613 August ... 900 274 1174 11884 3441 15325 Sept 717 198 915 9832 3679 13511 Oct 908 228 1136 11306 4136 15442 Nov 912 294 1206 11931 4045 15976 Dec 730 168 898 8551 2373 10924 Totals 11151 2750 13901 145622 43783 189405 Totals for 1955 11808 2245 14053 162333 38469 200802