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Hospital, Ambulance, &c., Services.
The provision of ambulances for the removal, and of isolation
hospitals for the reception and treatment of patients suffering from
the notifiable forms of infectious disease is, in London, carried out
by the London County Council. Patients are removed at any hour
of the day or night on the application by telephone of the medical
practitioner who notifies the case, or the Medical Officer of Health.
Patients from Battersea are usually removed to the nearest
isolation hospital having accommodation available for the type of
disease from which he is suffering, and the majority of Battersea
cases are therefore treated at the South Western Hospital, Landor
Road, Stockwell, the Grove Hospital, Tooting, or the Western
Hospital, Fulham.
In addition to the ambulance service for maternity cases
referred to on page 30, the County Council also maintain a similar
service for street accidents, one of the stations for this service
being situate within the Borough.