[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Glamorgan County Council.

  • Glamorgan (Wales). County Council. nb2014013905.
Date:
1957
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Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Glamorgan County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Servicing. The servicing and maintenance of the County Ambulance vehicles is arranged by the County Surveyor. Most of this work is done at the Waterton Depot, but vehicles at outlying stations are serviced at local commercial garages and are sent to Waterton periodically for major overhauls. These arrangements continue to work satisfactorily, and the Plant Engineer and his staff at Waterton are particularly helpful in deahng expeditiously with our vehicles so that they may be put back into service without delay. Costs. A statement of mileage costs prepared by the County Treasurer in respect of the year 1956-57 showed that running costs increased in that year from 32-05d. to 36-55d. per mile. Hospital Car Service. During the year the Committee considered the possibility of supplementing the Ambulance Service by tne introduction of a voluntaiA^ hospital car service. It decided that there would be no material advantage in recommending the employment of a voluntary hospital car service or the use of sitting case cars as part of the ambulance fleet in Glamorgan. CmL Defence Ambulance—Casualty Collecting Section. Following the appointment of Mr. J. Hull to assist in the administration, organisation, and operational work and to act as senior Section Instructor, a good beginning was made in 1956 in the training of local instructors for the ambulance and casualty collection section, and this was continued in 1957. A further training class for local instructors was held at Bridgend during May, June, and July, and se\'en of the ten candidates who presented themselves for examination were successful in gaining Home Ofirce certificates. Instruction classes for volunteers were continued in twenty-two centres and these were attended b\' 262 volunteers. Training of peacetime Ambulance Service personnel was undertaken during October, November, and December, when classes were held in the seven Ambulance Control Areas. Driving Instruction. Two of the four temporary driving instructors resigned their appointments during the year and in ■view of the shortage of training vehicles their vacancies were not filled. During the j'ear twelve volunteers who had received driving instruction succeeded in passing the Ministiy-'s dri-cing test and at the end of the year forty-nine volunteers were under driving instruction. Civil Defence Competition. The second annual Civil Defence competition was held at the Waterton Training Ground, Bridgend, on Saturday, 14th September, 1957, when the high standard of efficiency shown by members of the Ambulance and Casualty Collecting Section was maintained. The adjudicator for the Ambulance and Casualty Collecting Section was Dr. R. T. Bevan and the result of the competition was as follows (1) Bargoed, (2) Neath, (3) Trealaw.