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Board's ambulance service should be extended so as to permit of
the ambulance carriages being placed at the disposal of the public
for the conveyance in London of medical cases and surgical cases,
and of persons of unsound mind. It was believed that a very
moderate fee per journey for hire of horse single-bedded ambulance
and coachman would cover expenses.
Before taking action in the matter the Ambulance Committee
desired to know whether the Borough Councils would be disposed
to support an application by the Managers to the Local Government
Board for the necessary legal authority for giving effect to the
proposal.
The Public Health Committee recommended the Council to
support the Ambulance Committee in their application of the
Managers to the Local Government Board for the powers proposed.
A letter was received from the School Board for Loudon with
reference to the representation made by the Council that in all
cases of infectious diseases, whether notifiable or not, occurring in
the Schools, the Council's Officers should be allowed to disinfect
the premises:—
SCHOOL BOARD FOR LONDON.
Victoria Embankment, W.C.,
llth February, 1903.
Sir,
BYRON AND BRIGHT STREET; FAIRFIELD ROAD AND
CULLODEN STREET SCHOOLS.
Adverting to your letter of the 23rd December respecting the prevalence
of Mumps in the above-named Schools of the Board, and the disinfection of
the premises, I have to inform you that the School Management Committee of
the Board have adopted the following report of their Medical Officer:—
"Considerable inconvenience has been caused by the Sanitary
Authorities disinfecting a single class-room, as it often happens that