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(d) Parturient women admitted through Public Assistance
Officers and medical officers of health of
metropolitan boroughs. Certain other cases
admitted through women police, Church Army,
Salvation Army, etc.
C.—The Council's hospitals and institutions of noninfectious
cases when application is made—
(i) Through the Council's Public Assistance
Department; and
(ii) By, or on behalf of, the Council's general
and mental hospitals.
II.—Ambulances Supplied on Payment.
Ambulances and ambulance omnibuses are also
provided by the Council on payment of prescribed
charges for the conveyance of infectious and noninfectious
cases between private houses, hospitals
(other than the Council's hospitals, etc.), nursing
homes and country and seaside resorts, and for
examinations, consultations and treatment by specialists
or at special establishments. Particulars are as
follows:—
D.—Infectious cases:—
Arrangements for the reception of the patient must
be made by or on behalf of the patient before application
for an ambulance is sent to the Council, and
a medical certificate as to the nature of the disease
must be handed to the ambulance driver before the
patient is removed.
The charges are as follows:—
(a) Within the Administrative County of London
(private cases), 10s. for the removal of one patient
from one place to another within the administrative
county of London. This charge includes, if necessary,
the services of a male attendant, and one friend
is allowed to accompany the patient.