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WESTERN AMBULANCE STATION, FULHAM.
This Station having proved inadequate for the needs of
the District, the Managers empowered the Ambulance Committee
to consult the Architects as to the practicability of
enlarging it on the present site adjoining the Western Fever
Hospital. A proposal that the question of such enlargement
be referred back, for the Committee to consider the advisability
of building an Ambulance Station at the North-western Hospital
(Hampstead), was negatived. There is no necessary
connection between the two proposals: the hospital districts
are separate, and provision of an Ambulance Station at Hampstead
would not relieve the strain upon the resources of the
Fulham Station, which the Ambulance Committee referred to
in their annual report for 1887. Their opinion then formed, as to
the need for increased accommodation for staff, horses, &c., has
been confirmed by the experience of each succeeding year. The
proposed addition to existing accommodation would place it on a
level with the other two Stations. The present accommodation
is, for male staff, 15; female staff (including nurses), 11; horses,
15; and vehicles 13. The plans which the Managers have now
adopted and forwarded to the Local Government Board for their
approval, make provision for the construction of additional cubicles
for five men and eight small-pox nurses, and other staff accommodation;
coachhouse capable of conversion into stabling; extension
of washing-shed and of storage for provisions, &c.; removal
of laundry and its re-construction on a larger scale on another
site; re-construction and enlargement of the Superintendent's
house and offices, and other minor improvements, at a total
estimated cost of £3000. The Committee are empowered, as
soon as the plans have been approved, to advertise for tenders
for the execution of the work.
It may be added that, in view of the opinion of the Committee
that it is desirable to provide increased accommodation on
the north side of the Thames for the Ambulance service, the