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(iv) Parturient women, if the case is one of
urgency, whether from the home, place of business
or elsewhere, on the application of a qualified
medical practitioner or certified midwife, provided
that either a doctor or midwife accompanies the
case; and
(v) Non-urgent cases of parturition, between
the hours of 11 p.m. and 8 a.m. if letters otf
admission to maternity hospitals are produced, it
being sufficient in such cases for a female friend to
accompany the patient.
B.—The Council's hospitals for infectious cases:
Patients will not be removed unless a medical
certificate stating definitely the nature of the disease,
which must be an admissible disease, has been handed
to the ambulance nurse who will leave at the house
from which the patient is removed a notice stating
the hospital to which the patient is to be taken and
a copy of the regulations as to visiting, etc.

Notes.—(a) Admitted only on application ot medical officers
of health of metropolitan boroughs.
(b) Admitted when there is pressure on the accommodation
for both scarlet fever and measles on
the application only of medical officers of health
of metropolitan boroughs.
(c) Admitted on application of either a medical
practitioner or a certified midwife (medical
certificate not essential).