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given at the office between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 .p.m. Application
may be made to the Superintendent of the Ambulance Station, Western
District Hospital, Seagrave Road, Fulham, S.W.. between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m.,
and on Sunday also. (The Vestry will reimburse the cost of the telegram
when the Patient, through poverty, is unable to pay for it.)
" The application must state the Name, Age and full Address of the
Patient, and in Small-pox, whether the case is of a 1 Mild ' or a ' Severe'
type. Mild cases of Small-pox are usually sent direct to the Hospital
Ships j severe cases always to the Western District Hospital.
"Upon receipt of the application, an Ambulance, with a Nurse, will be
sent to remove the patient.
"The Medical Practitioner should leave a Certificate at the home of the
Patient for delivery to the Nurse, and is requested to obtain certain
particulars relating to the case, for the information of the Board.
" I enclose copies of a Form of Certificate and ' Statement' employed
by myself, trusting it may be of use to you should you have occasion to
remove any cases of Small-pox or Fever. I shall esteem it a favour if you
will give me immediate information of any cases removed, in order that I
may make arrangements for disinfection.
"You will, I am sure, appreciate the importance of this new departure
by the Asylums Board, and I confidently rely on your good offices to ensure
its success.
" I am, &c. "
Shortly after the issue of the above letter, and the matter
having been brought under the notice of the Chairman of the
Asylums Board, in consequence of an application made by another
Medical Officer of Health for " confirmation " of my statement,
I received a communication from the Chairman (dated July 29th)
asking me to inform him of my "good authority" mentioned
therein. In my reply, I gave as my authority the name of a
member of the Ambulance Committee, I referred moreover
to the Regulations of the Board made June 21st, which "amply
confirmed " the statement of my authority, and I reminded the
Chairman that cases of small-pox were at that time being removed
in conformity with the new arrangements. I heard nothing further
about the matter for many months, and the new system went on