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Public Ambulance.
53. The Public Ambulance, for accidents and non-infectious
illness, was used 86 times, compared with 110,
104, 122, 143, and 123, in the five preceding years. The
following were the journeys made:—
To Guy's Hospital 22
Cottage Hospitals 22
Seamen's and Miller Hospitals 5
King's Hospital 1
London Hospital 7
Charing Cross Hospital 8
Union Infirmary 2
Other hospitals 1
Private houses 18
Particulars of this ambulance were given in my Annual
Report, 1903, page 78. The ambulance is kept in good
repair.
An ambulance for non-infectious illness can now be obtained
from the ambulance station of the Asylums Board on
payment of 5s. This may explain the diminished use of
the Woolwich ambulance.
54. Conference of Metropolitan Borough Councils re
Sanatorium Accommodation for the Metropolis. In company
with Councillor Colonel Leslie I attended this Conference
on the 25th May.
The Conference arose out of a drawing-room meeting held
at Elackheath, at which Dr. Carling of Peppard Sanatorium,
and Dr. Newsholme, Medical Officer, Local Government
Board, spoke, advocating sanatorium treatment for