ST. JOHN AMBULANCE.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 226, 24 September 1927, Page 19

ST. JOHN AMBULANCE.

WORK COMPLETfiD THIS YEAR FIRST-AID AND HOME SftISING. The Auiklnnrl Centre vl the St. John .imbulaiirv Association met yesterday afternoon. >Ir. C. .T. Tunks presiding over a large attendance. The report presented by the honorary secretary of the work done since the" beginning rvf the year showed that firstaid classes and home nursing classes had been held nt the ambulance station, Auckland and Kpsom Girls' Grammar Schools, St. luthbert'e College, St. Uttfe Hiph School, and at Epsom, Onchunpa, Otnlmlm, Westfleld, Chelsea, Silverdalc Huntly, Hamilton, Whangarei end Gisburne. The number who had attended claw* was 7fi4. most of whom had passed the examinations. First-aid lectures were also given to the employees of the Railway Department at Auckland. Xewmarket, Frnnkton, Tc Aroha and Taumnniniii. The number attending thece lf-ctures was 282, bringing the total up to 1027. Out of the ]ofi pupils of the Auckland Girls' Grammar School who had attended firltaid lectures not one failed in the examination. Of the. number 88 gained the 80 per rent of the maximum nuarks necessary for n first-class pars. Of the 25 who attended the home ntireing lectures all were successful at the examination, 24 passing in the first class. From the heginiiing of the year until the end of Ailtrust the district nurses had made "f'u— visit* to poor patients and had given skilled attention to 54h out-patients nt tlw amlnilance utatiftn. The tranopoTt officera removed 710 patients to nml from the Hospital or their hnmPR nnd renderpd first-aid to 1.?77 pntient* nt the nmhulnnce station on Qneen'i wharf. The distance travelled by the motor anibtilancee amounted to 5206 miles. It was announced thnt the Mayoress (Mrs. A. I). Campbell) had consented to act as orpaniser of the annual street collection, which is to be held on Friday, November 4. The secretary wan requested to write io the Mayoress thanking her for her kindness and to the mayors of adjacent bcroujfhs asking permission to hold collections on that day.