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3.—CONVEYANCE TO OTHER PLACES.
(a) Persons suffering from Any Dangerous Infectious Disorder
may be Conveyed by Ambulance to Places Other Than the Board's
Hospitals.
N.B.—Dangerous Infectious Disorders include the following:
Smallpox, Cholera, Diphtheria, Membraneous Croup, Erysipelas,
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever, Typhus, Typhoid, Enteric, Relapsing,
Continued and Puerperal Fevers, and Measles.
(b) Every application for an ambulance must state:—
(i.) Name, sex, and age of patient.
(ii.) Description of disease, and, in the case of fever, the
particular kind of fever.
(iii.) Full address from which the patient is to be conveyed.
(iv.) Full address to which the patient is to be conveyed.
(c) The patient must be provided with a Medical Certificate of
the nature of the disease, to be handed to the Driver of the Ambulance.
(d) The charge for the hire of the Ambulance, including (when
the patient is over ten years of age) the services of a male attendant, is
5s. This amount must be paid to the Driver, who will give an official
receipt for the same.
(e) One person only will be allowed to accompany the patient, and
such person may be conveyed back to the place from which the patient
was conveyed.
(f) The Ambulances may bo sent outside the Metropolitan district
only by special sanction of the Ambulance Committee or of the 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.
T. DUNCOMBE MANN,
Clerk to the Board.