[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Breconshire County Council.

  • Breconshire (Wales). County Council.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Breconshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ref. Terms Areas Covered No. Car Proprietor. Per Mile Waiting Time 1 * T. J. B rown & Sons.. 1, George Street, Brynmawr 9d. 2/6 per hour Brynmawr, Darren- felen, and Clydach 2 A. Parry, Cynior House, Liangynidr lOd. 2/6 par hour Liangynidr, Bwlcb, and Cwmdu Crickbowell, Gilwtrn 3 P. Wilkes & Sons, '• he Garage, (Jiickhowell lOd. 2/6 per hour (Minimum charge of 4/-) Grwynefawr, Grwynefechan. Llanbedr, Llan- gattock, Llan- genny and Patrishow * Brynmawr mileage counts from the residence of the patient whilst the others count from the garage. Figures of the ambulance and sitting ear services during 1950 are given below: — Section 27.—Ambulance Services, 1950. Number of Journeys in the year. Number of Patients carried. Number of Accident and Other Emergency Calls Made, (included in Column 1). Total Miles travelled in the year. (1) (2) (3) (4) (a) Vehicles provided directly by the Council: Ambulances—2 827 2330 46 44542 Cars—Nil ... ... ... (b) Vehicles provided by Agency Services (St.John Ambulance, etc.) Ambulances—4 1765 2243 83 41313 Cars— 2708 2754 ... 84726 Section 28. — Prevention of Illness, Care and After-Care— Under this heading comes the after-cure of patients suffering from tuberculosis, mental illness or defectiveness, all types of illnesses, the provision of equipment and apparatus (Medical Comforts) required for nursing the patients in the homes, anil accommodation in the recuperation homes. The County Council, as was the case previously, is responsible for the provision of