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75
LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE.
Under date 3rd July, the General Purposes Committee of the
London County Council presented a report on the 25th July,
recommending—
"That the scheme for the establishment of an ambulance
service for London to deal with street accidents within a threemile
radius of Charing Cross, and providing for (1) the erection
and maintenance of a principal ambulance station and seven
district stations, (2) motor ambulances worked by electricity, and
(3) a method of giving calls by means of street call-posts fitted
with telephones, be approved."
The Finance Committee of the County Council reported adversely,
on financial grounds, to the recommendation of the General Purposes
Committee; but the Council resolved—
" That the scheme for an ambulance service for London, set
out in the report of the General Purposes Committee, be generally
approved, and that it be referred to the General Purposes
Committee to report further upon the questions raised by the
Finance Committee."