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City of London 1889

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]

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The 2nd Section is clearly a repetition of Section 132 of the Public
Health, 1875, with the addition that the debt may be recovered from any
person legally bound to maintain the patient if he be not able himself to
pay. The 3rd Section is one which might materially affect your Worshipful
Committee as, if strictly carried out, no expense for maintenance in
hospital would ever fall upon the Corporation for cases of disease occurring
within the limits of the Metropolis.
It certainly seems a sound principle that the expense of dealing with
diseases should be borne equally by all the Metropolitan Authorities, inasmuch
as isolation is for the common good.
By Section 6 of the same Act " the Asylum Managers may allow their
" carriages to be used for the conveyance of persons suffering from any
" dangerous infectious disorder to and from hospitals and places other than
" Asylums provided by the Managers, and may make reasonable charges for
" their use."
Originally every Sanitary Authority in the Metropolis had some kind of an
ambulance for infectious cases, but these having been all taken over by the
Asylums Board there remained no provision except for their own service.
The Managers, in pursuance of the power granted by the above section, have
issued the following regulations:—
METROPOLITAN ASYLUMS BOARD.
AMBULANCE SERVICE.
REMOVAL
OF PERSON'S SUFFERING FROM
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
1. Apply on week days,
between 8 a.m. and 8
p.m.,
To the Chief
Offices:
Postal Address: Norfolk
House, Norfolk Street,
Strand, W.C.
Telegraphic Address :
Asylums Board,London.
Telephone Number, 2587.
N.B.—Applications in the latter part of the day must be dispatched in time to
reach the Offices before 8 p.m.
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