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(2) That the Managers of Hospitals for the reception of
the infectious sick should supply the conveyances,
with horses and drivers, necessary for the removal
of patients to such hospitals.
(3) That a trained nurse should be sent with the carriage
every time it is used, to superintend and assist the
friends in the removal of patients.
(4) That such nurse should be responsible for the charge
of the patients whilst under her care, and should
ride inside or outside the vehicle as circumstances
and the condition of such patients may require.
(5) That the carriage itself should be of the most approved
construction.
The report concluded with an expression of opinion that
"economy, uniformity, efficiency, and sanitary requirements will
be promoted by the adoption of (the above) recommendations,"
which, I may add, did not find immediate acceptance. But
in 1882 the Asylums Board were converted to Dr. Stevenson's
views, the carrying out of which has been attended with great
benefit to the people of this Metropolis.
Land Service: Ambulance Stations.—The recommendation
of the Royal Commission on Infectious Hospitals,
in 1882, that the Asylums Board should have "entire control
of the ambulances, by which all other modes of conveyance
should be as far as possible superseded," has been carried out
by the establishment of Ambulance Stations at three of
the Managers' Hospitals (the Eastern at Homerton, the
South-eastern at Deptford, and the Western at Fulham),
under the provisions of the now repealed 16th Section of the
Poor Law Act, 1879. It will be seen that the Ambulance
Committee recognize the necessity of providing still more
stations in connection with the new permanent hospitals
shortly to be erected. A small temporary station has been