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made upon the Fever Hospitals owing to the increasing prevalence of
Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria in London had rendered it impossible for the
Managers to admit all cases for whose admission applications had been
made, and that during the next few weeks only the most urgent cases
should be selected for removal.
At the meeting of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, on Saturday, 15th
November, a report from the Hospitals Committee was received, in which
it was stated that, owing to the unusual incidence of Scarlet Fever this
autumn, it had not been found possible to admit immediately every case
notified for removal. This was due to the fact that, although there were
vacant beds ready for patients, they could not be used, solely in consequence
of inability to procure the requisite nursing staff of the lower
grades.
The Chairman of the Hospitals Committee said he was pleased to be
able to say that that morning there was not a single metropolitan case of
Scarlet fever awaiting admission. The only case was one from Tottenham.
Suggested Metropolitan Ambulance Service.
The Wandsworth Borough Council having considered the need of a
motor ambulance service in that borough had communicated with the
London County Council urging the advisability of the establishment of such
a service throughout London by the County Council, and suggested that it
might be advantageous to co-operate with the Metropolitan Asylums
Board or other Institutions possessing the necessary equipment, in establishing
such service.
The General Purposes Committee recommended—
That the action of the Wandsworth Borough Council in the
matter be supported.
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1913—agreements
as to Ambulance Services (see page 212).
Nurses Registration Bill.
A Bill to regulate the Qualifications of Trained Nurses and to provide
for their Registration.
This Bill had been prepared at the instance of the Central Committee
for the State Registration of Trained Nurses, which represents by delegation
the British Medical Association, the Matrons' Council of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Royal British Nurses' Association, the Society