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Clerk to the Board, and in such cases an extra charge will be
made of Is. for every mile outside the Metropolitan area.
4. The Drivers of the Board's Ambulances are not allowed to loiter on
their journeys or to stop for refreshments, on pain of instant dismissal.
It is particularly requested that any breach of this regulation,
or any neglect or incivility on the part of the Drivers,
Nurses, or Attendants may be immediately reported to the undersigned.
The Servants of the Board are forbidden to accept any gratuities or
refreshments.
By Order. W. F. JEBB,
Dated 16th December, 1889. Clerk to the Board.
I have extracted the following interesting particulars
from the Annual Report of the Ambulance Committee of
the Metropolitan Asylums Board for the year 1889.
"Land Service. Removals to Managers' Hospitals.—
During the past year 5,685 fever and smallpox patients
were removed from their homes to the Board's Hospitals as
compared with 5,114 in the preceding year.
"The average length of journey of the fever patients
removed to hospital did not exceed three and a half miles.
"River Service.—During the year the vessels ran collectively
a distance of 3,733 miles, and conveyed 505 patients
and other passengers, and 75 tons of stores, etc., to and from
the hospital ships at Long Reach."
The Infectious Disease (Notification) Act, 1889.
52 & 53 Vict., cap. 72.
This Act, which provides for the compulsory notification
of infectious disease by medical practitioners and householders
to local authorities, came into operation on the
30th October last, and in order to carry it into effect the
following documents were prepared and circulated in the
district.