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applications for the conveyance of non-infectious sick persons
were frequently made to them, but could not be complied with
as it was considered that their Ambulance service could only
legally be used for the infectious diseases mentioned in the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891. That if it was assumed
that a public ambulance service for the conveyance of the noninfectious
cases was needed the Ambulance Committee con.
sidered that the Metropolitan Asylums Board as a central
authority was in the best position of any public body in
London to provide a thoroughly efficient service with the least
possible expenditure. That owing to the non-infectious
character of the proposed work and to the fact that it could
be distributed fairly equally over the whole day, it was
believed that a very moderate fee per journey for
the hire of horse, single bedded ambulance, and
coachman would cover expenses, and that on the grounds of
economy and efficiency it was suggested that it might be
advisable that the Asylums Board should undertake the
proposed work and that it was practicable for them to do so
immediately, should the necessary legal authority be obtained.
The Asylums Board asked, before taking any action in the
matter, whether in the event of the proposal being adopted,
this Council would be disposed to support an application by
the Managers to the Local Government Board for the
necessary legal authority for giving effect to it.
The Council, having fully considered the proposal,
directed that the Metropolitan Asylums Board be informed
that this Council were not prepared to take any action in
the matter.
6. From the Southwark Borough Council (31st October),
stating that they had had under consideration reports by their
analyst respecting the unsatisfactory quality of the water
recently supplied by the Southwark and Yauxhall "Water
Company and the Lambeth Water Company, and pointing out