[Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1961
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Credit: [Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Those who had had at least 2 injections were distributed as follows: Children Year when vaccinated and Young Persons born in the years 1943—1961 Young Persons born in the years 1933—1942 Persons born before 1933 and who are aged under 40 Other priority groups Totals 1956 727 727 1957 5,797 — — 5,797 1958 23,419 1,105 1,301 25,825 1959 10,285 7,903 — 2,565 20,753 1960 3,908 2,021 5,425 284 11,638 1961 7,199 2,438 5,607 309 15,553 Totals 51,335 13,467 11,032 4,459 80,293 AMBULANCE SERVICE At the end of the year the Council’s fleet of vehicles consisted of 16 ambulances and 20 dual purpose vehicles, the latter being used mainly for sitting-case work. Use was also made of two ambulances provided by the St. John Ambulance Brigade for the Filey area. At the end of the year 50 whole-time and one part-time driver/attendants were being employed. A reference to the tables and graphs which appear on the following pages will show that there has been an increase of 276 in the number of cases of general illness for which ambulance transport was required and again a very large increase of over 6,000 in the number of attendances at out-patient sessions made by patients using ambu- lances. There was also an increased use made of the service in order to transport sub-normal children to and from training centres, and old and handicapped people to and from clubs, and in all there were 7,993 more patient journeys in these categories in 1961 than there were in 1960. During 1961 the number of patient journeys for the transfer of patients to and from out-patient clinics amounted to 66,125—an increase of 6,111 on the previous year’s figure. Especially in a rural county like the East Riding it is this constantly increasing demand for out-patient transport which causes so many difficulties for the ambulance service, and is the main reason why, on so many occa- sions, the service is strained to the limits, with the result that at most of the ambulance stations few or no vehicles and men can be left standing by to meet emergency calls. Between 1951 and 1961 the annual number of out-patient journeys has risen by 94% from 34,000 to over 66,000, and with the tendency for hospitals to swing over more and more to out-patient as against in-patient care the demand for this form of transport is likely to continue to increase. Another reason for the increase is and will be the tendency for mental hospitals to develop the “day hospital” method of treatment, but it is to be hoped that for this type of patient the use of public transport will be much more feasible, and will in fact be regarded as part of the rehabilitation process which is aimed at rendering the patient concerned fit to resume normal life in the