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Hackney 1887

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1887

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2. Every application must state the name, age, and full
address of the patient, from what disease suffering, and in cases
of fever the particular kind of fever; and also the name of the
person making the application, and the Parish he represents.
Applications which do not give these particulars will be
referred back to the applicant for the required information to
be furnished.
3. The Medical Certificate or Order for the admission of
the patients must be handed to the Nurse in charge of the
Ambulance. Should neither of these documents be handed to
the Nurse, the patient will not be removed.
4. The Ambulance Nurses are to persuade patients on
removal to leave all valuables, money, &c., and all outside
clothing at home, to wear body-linen only, and to be wrapped
in the blankets provided for the purpose.
5. At the time of the removal of a patient, the Ambulance
Nurse is to leave with a relative or friend of the patient,
or, in the absence of such a person, with a resident in the
house from which the patient is taken, a notice stating the
Hospital to which the patient is to be removed, and such
notice is to have annexed to it a copy of the Regulations as to
visiting, &c. She is also to place on the "Delivery Note" left
with the patient at the Hospital, the name and address of the
relative, friend, or resident above referred to.
By Order,
Chief Offices of the Board: W. F. JEBB,
Norfolk House, Norfolk Street, Clerk.
Strand, W.C.
Postal Address: Norfolk House, Norfolk Street, Strand, W.C.
Telegraphic Address: Asylums Board, London.
Telphone Number: 2587.
Noteā€”The Regulations of previous dates are rescinded.
18th June, 1887.