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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.
The minimum charge is at the rate of 12s. 6d. between any two
addresses within the administrative County of London, or 1s. 6d. a
mile, up to 50 miles and thereafter 1s. 3d. a mile, if any portion of the
journey extends beyond the county boundary.
The conveyance of private persons between addresses both of
which are outside the administrative County of London is not undertaken.
except in circumstances of exceptional urgency.
The telephone number of the Headquarters of the London Ambulance
Service is Waterloo 3311.
These services appear to be adequate for the needs of the Borough.
4.—Nursing in the Home.
(a) General and (b) For Infectious Diseases. The Hampstead
District Nursing Association, 3, Pond Street, and the
Kilburn and West Hampstead District Nursing Association,
20, Dennington Park Road, provide skilled nurses
for the sick poor.
The Borough Council arranges with these Associations for them to
undertake, in addition to the nursing of cases of infectious disease and
maternity and child welfare cases, the responsibility of providing
facilities for the nursing of certain other illnesses, etc.