ST. JOHN AMBULANCE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22211, 11 September 1935, Page 16

ST. JOHN AMBULANCE

DEMANDS ON RESOURCES v INCREASE IN PAST YEAR The exceptional demands made on the resources of the St. John Ambulance Association in Auckland in the year ended on August 31 are indicated in a return compiled by the secretarymanager, Mr. S. E. Langstone. Substantial increases are shown in the work of the ambulance, district nursing and medical comforts departments, compared with returns for the previous year, and in addition the ambulance brigade has provided first-aid service at 30 sports grounds each week-end, as well as attending regularly at missions and kindergartens. The fleet of ambulances carried a total of 9926 patients during the period, and travelled 72,440 miles, against 9610 patients and 65,912 miles in the preceding year. First-aid was rendered on the wharves to 4175 patients, compared with 3726 in the 12 months ended on August 31, 1934. In'the period just closed, district nurses visited 13,407 patients in their homes, against 12,435 the yeafr before, and travelled 18,970 miles, compared with 17,985. In August alone the nurses visited 1759 patients, against 1352 in July. During the period under review they attended 5945 patients who called at the clinic at ambulance headquarters, the total for the previous year being 3060. The medical comforts department lent 666 articles in the year ended on August 31, against 513 the year before.