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(c) The Council's hospitals for infectious diseases of patients
subject to the fulfilment of certain conditions; and
(d) The Council's hospitals and institutions for non-infectious
cases of patients when application is made:—
(i) through the Council's public assistance department; and
(ii) by, or on behalf of, the Council's special, general, and
mental hospitals.
Ambulances and ambulance-omnibuses are also provided by the
Council, when not required for the purposes stated above, on payment
of charges, as laid down from time to time by the Council, for the
conveyance of infectious and non-infectious cases between private
houses, hospitals (other than to the Council's hospitals, etc., under the
provisions of (a), {b), (c) and (d) above), and nursing homes, and for
examinations, consultations and treatment by specialists or at special
establishments.
Nursing in the Home.
The following District Nursing Associations undertake the nursing
of necessitous cases in their homes :—
The Queen's Nurses (part of Canterbury Ward).
St. John's Nurses (Parish of St. Paul with St. Mark).
The Ranyard Nurses (the remainder of the Borough).
The work is carried out in close co-operation with the Health
Services of the Council, particularly in regard to the work of the
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres and the Tuberculosis Dispensary.
Nursing is undertaken on behalf of the Borough Council of children up
to the age of five years suffering from measles, whooping cough,
diarrhoea, poliomyelitis and ophthalmia neonatorum. During epidemic
periods, pneumonia and influenzal pneumonia (all ages) are included.
Payment is made by the Borough Council at the rate of 1s. 3d. per
nursing visit.