[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Holland County Council (Lincolnshire).

  • Holland (England). County Council.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Holland County Council (Lincolnshire). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PART II.—(PROPOSALS FOR SERVICE WHICH WILL OPERATE FROM THE APPOINTED DAY. (A) Co-ordination of Existing Services, The County Council will provide directly an ambulance service to cover the whole of the County of Holland (subject to the arrangement with the County Council of the Soke of Peterborough described below) and parts of the County of Lindsey. The service will be controlled by the Health Committee and administered on their behalf by the Transport and Stores Committee. The County Transport Officer, in his capacity as Ambulance Officer, will be responsible to the Transport and Stores Committee in respect of the day to day operation of the service and to the Health Committee for the general adequacy and efficiency of the service. (B) Re-distributor, and augmentation of existing resources. In order to ensure, as far as possible, that an ambulance shall be available within 15 miles of any part of the area covered by the scheme, vehicles shall be stationed as follows :— Station. Ambulance. Sitting Case (1) H.C.C. Transport Depot, Allan House, Carlton Road, Boston 3 4 (2) Ambulance Depot, H.C.C. Clinic, Holland Road, Spalding . . 2 1 (3) Social Welfare Institution, Stukeley Hall, Holbeach . . 1 1 (4) Main Road Garage, Bridge Road, Sutton Bridge 1 — (5) County of Holland Joint Hospital Board, Isolation Hospital, Whitehouse Lane, Boston 1 TOTALS 8 6 Arrangements will be made with the Regional Hospital Board to secure the continued use of the garage facilities at the Isolation Hospital and for the part-time iservices of the porter-driver to continue to ibe available. To cover the above requirements it is proposed that the following vehicles shall be transferred from the present owners to the County Council :— Details of Ambulances. 1938 Vauxhall, 25 h.p., No. J(L 6037 1936 Morris, 25 h.p., No. JL 2588 1940 Austin, 20 h.p., No. JL 7292 1934 Austin, 20 h.p., No. JL1673 1945 Ex-Army Type Austin, 26 h.p., No. GYK 513 1941 Chevrolet, 29.4 h.p., No. JL 7814 Present Owner. Boston and District Motor Ambulance Committee. County of Holland Joint Hospital Board. Spalding Joint Ambulance Committee. Spalding Joint Ambulance Committee. Home Ambulance Committee, British Red Cross Society, and St. John Joint Organisation (on loan). Boston Corporation (on loan).