South West London Blood Supply Depot (memorandum)
1945 1945 1940s 3 pages .2. It has been decided that the service will be maintained and in South-East England the S.W. London Blood Supply Depot and the S.E. London Blood Supply Depot will amalgamate to form a South London and Home Counties Blood Transfusion Depot to serve South London, Kent, Surre...
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.2. It has been decided that the service will be maintained and in South-East England the S.W. London Blood Supply Depot and the S.E. London Blood Supply Depot will amalgamate to form a South London and Home Counties Blood Transfusion Depot to serve South London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex. The success of this Depot will depend entirely upon the goodwill of the blood donors. During the war hundreds and thousands of citizens gave their blood as part of their war effort. The future peace-time transfusion service, if it is to be as good as the war-time service, will need almost as many donors as before. It is estimated that in the immediate future the South London Depot will have to supply to hospitals about 5,000 bottles of blood per month. This would necessitate a panel of at least 30,000 regular donors. Many of the war-time donors who have served so well are getting on in years and may wish to cease their blood donations. In that case it would be of the greatest value if they could get a friend or relative to take their place. Moreover, as so many of the war-time donors were men in the Armed Forces, particularly from Canada, who are now no longer available, it would be of the greatest help if all active donors could bring along a friend so that the blood donor panels could be kept up to full strength. Blood donors will indubitably want to know what is happening to their blood. There is a widespread feeling that as the war is over, or almost over, that the demand for blood will be over too. This is reflected in the responses of donors to their call-up for blood donation; thus in February, 1945 of 6,700 donors called up by the S.W. London Blood Supply Depot 4,900 responded. In June, 1945, however, of 5,700 called up only 3,100 responded. The figures quoted above for the bottles of whole blood sent out by the S.W. London Blood Supply Depot to civilian hospitals illustrate that the demand for whole blood is still growing. This demand is still well maintained, although for several months there have been no bomb casualties in the area supplied by this Depot. Whole blood will be in the future the product most demanded. Under war conditions there was a great demand
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| is_hierarchy_title | South West London Blood Supply Depot (memorandum) |
| language | English English |
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| publishDate | 1945 |
| spellingShingle | Trades Union Congress Blood Transfusions, 1939-1960 Health care Blood banks--Great Britain South West London Blood Supply Depot (memorandum) |
| title | South West London Blood Supply Depot (memorandum) |
| topic | Trades Union Congress Blood Transfusions, 1939-1960 Health care Blood banks--Great Britain |
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