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12.-AMBULANCE AND DEAD BOX SERVICE.
Ambulances and Dead Boxes are obtainable at any time of the day or night at the two Disinfecting Stations and also by day at the Eastern and Western Sanitary Offices at which a staff of bearer is kept. This service is now supplementary to that of the Motor Ambulances, which are controlled by the Police Department. appended table shows the number of times man-power ambulances and dead boxes were used.
The
Ambulances, European
Ambulances, Chinese
Dead Boxes
Hong Kong Disinfecting
Station.
Kowloon Disinfecting Station.
Eastern District Office.
Western
District
Office.
12
1
62
90
15
63
526
1,224
337
434
15
Appendix J shows the stations at which the Sanitary Department ambulances are obtainable in emergencies. At these stations there are no bearers attached and volunteer bearers must be obtained when required. There was again a reduction in the use of man-power ambulances due to the wider use of the motor ambulances.
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