[Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, Montgomeryshire County Council.

  • Montgomeryshire (Wales). County Council.
Date:
1966
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Credit: [Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, Montgomeryshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The incidence of these emergency coses in the are os covered by the six St. John Ambulance Divisions is given below. Road Mi s c • Medx cal Accident Accident Ener g eucy To tel Pobients Patients Patio nts Pati ents 1965 _ 1966 1965 1966 1965 1966 1965.. . 1966 Caersws Area Ik 22 36 29 49 29 99 30 Llanfyllin Area 15 l4 139 115 148 186 302 315 Llanidloes fire a 21 26 45 44 58 64 124 134 Machynlleth Area 38 20 31 31 94 77 163 128 Newtown Area 18 19 72 56 96 120 186 195 Welshpool 1+9 51 162 106 107 157 318 314 TOTALS 155 152 485 381 552 633 1,192 1,166 As the majority of the patier: its classi fied under nisee 11 a: .leous acc a dents lirib fracture cases, the cost to the Ambulance Service does not en.-: • the first journey to hospital. This is only the prelude to numerous r ■ over a period of months; in the first instance to Fracture Out-Patient d • ■ ’ents held at Aberystwyth, Oswestry or Shrewscur Hospitalsn and swbseqvwn to Physiotherapy Departments at local or out-county hospiiujs. DAILY DEMANDS RECEIVED FOR TRANSPORT Examination of statistics shows that transport was provided ft>v or average of 131 patients on each day (Monday to Friday) during 1966, compared with 105 in 1965. The co-ordination of ,iourneys to meet this daily demand presents ny staff with many problems, and it is only as a result of tt- co-operation cf .11 con- cerned that the smooth operation cf the service is maintained. CO-OPERATION BETWEEN AMBULANCE SERVICES Tne following table indicates the number of patients conveyed by the Mont- comeryshire Ambulance Service on behalf of other Local Authority Ambulance Services, etc. during 1966 and 1965. Authority 19 66 1^6s (patients) (patient Merioneth 24 30 Radnor n 15 Cardigan 36 59 Salop 46 54 Denbigh 27 51 Liverpool — 7 Warwick X - Cardiff - 1 Essex - 1 Glamorgan - 2 TOTALS 142 220 Similarly in 1966 and 1965 the following Ambulance Services conveyed the patients on behalf of the Montgomeryshire Ambulance Service as shown below: