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to M.A.B. Hospitals, the M.A.B. Ambulances are
available, upon payment, for the removal of cases of
infectious disease to other places. A medical certificate
as to the nature of the disease must be handed to the
Ambulance Driver. The charge for the hire of an
ambulance to a place within the metropolitan area,
including, when the patient is over twelve years of age,
the services of a male attendant, is 10s., which
must be paid to the Driver, who will give an official
receipt. The services of a Nurse will also be supplied,
if desired, at an additional charge of 5s. Application
should be made from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. to the M.A.B.
Head Office (Telephone: City 7200) ; from 10 p.m. to
9 a.m., to the Eastern Ambulance Station, Brooksby
Walk, Homerton, E.9. (Telephone: City 7200.)
Non-Infectious Diseases.
M.A.B. Ambulances are also available for the
conveyance of medical, surgical and mental cases on
the above-mentioned terms.
The L.C.C. Ambulance Service is available for the
conveyance at any hour of the day or night of persons
suffering from accident or sudden illness in the street
or any public place, to hospitals, infirmaries or their
own homes.
This ambulance service is also available for
the transport of women urgently expecting confinement,
who have letters of admission to certain
hospitals, including the London, City of London
Maternity, Jewish Maternity, and Mothers' Hospitals,
between 11 p.m. and 8 a.m. The ambulance can
be summoned by telephone by merely asking for
'AMBULANCE." No charge is made. A doctor,
nurse or female friend must accompany the patient to
hospital.
TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY.
This is situated at the City of London Hospital for
Diseases of the Heart and Lungs, Victoria Park, and