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COLLIERY AMBULANCES IN SOUTH WALES.

10th March 1925, Page 10
10th March 1925
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An Efficient Motor Service which is Found of Much Value in Mining Areas..

MLLE annual meeting of the Chapter 1 and Grand Committee bf the Order of St.John of Jerusalem, Priory of Wales, was held at Cardiff a few days ago, Lord Kylsant presiding. H.R.U. the Prince of Wales was unable to be present, but sent a message in which he hoped the work of the Priory—notably, the motor ambulance work—would progress.

Lord Kylsant, the Sub-Prior, gave some interesting details and a review of the Priory's work in the past year. The motor ambulance section, he said, was now on a more satisfactory basis, and received better financial support. It might be recognized as the ideal nightand-day ambulance service. In developing this service, they had been aided by grants made by the Mines Industrial Welfare Fund Committee, and the fact that the coalowners of Great Britain had asked the Priory to exhibit an ambulance at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley was proof of the esteem In which the service is held.

The Rt. Hon. Thomas Richards, Cardiff (secretary of the South Wales Miners' Federation), gave details of the mileage run by the Priory's ambulance C26 cars in the year, the total being 50,536, and the number of patients dealt with 2,824. Questions by Lt.-Col. D. Watts Morgan, M.P., D.S.O., as to the possibility of reducing the charge made for' use of the Priory's motor ambulances for private cases, elicited from Sir Herbert Lewis, Commissioner, the response that the motor ambulance service, although for many years causing great anxiety, was now thoroughly efficient. Each ambulance cost about £1,200 to £1,500, and,'In addition, from 1700 upwards for maintenance.

Although the Priory made a charge of 2s. per mile, it had proved insufficient to meet costs. However, the Priory, he said, never made a charge for use of an ambulance in any case of genuine distress. They had also Co remember that the colliers of Wales, who contributed so largely to the upkeep of the motor ambulance service, were not agreeable to a reduction in the charges made.

The Priory of Wales has recently put into service the ambulance which is illustrated on page 100. This consists of a Wolseley chassis, on which Messrs. William Lewis and Sons, of Tudor Lane, Cardiff, have built a modern type of body. This particular vehicle is for use in the Coedely and Tonyrefail districts of Glamorganshire, and more especially for the employees of the colliery companies in this area. '

The interior equipment also includes an upholstered armchair for a nurse and a folding seat for an extra attendant, the latter being included at the request of the colliery companies, who found that an unnecessary number of sympathizers were often wont to accompany the patient from colliery to hospital, to the detriment of the patient, when further seats Were available.

Ventilation has received proper consideration; the two side windows, as well as those in the back door, can be opened. In order to enable the interior temperature to be maintained at a fairly constant level, the exhaust piping of the engine is taken through the body.

The panelling of the body is carried out in ash and mahogany, which undoubtedly gives a most attractive appearance. ,


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