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4. The Ambulance Nurses are to persuade patients on removal to
leave all valuables, money, &c., and all outside clothing at home, to
wear body-linen only, and to be wrapped in the blankets provided
for the purpose.
5. At the time of the removal of a patient, the Ambulance Nurse
is to leave with a relative or friend of the patient, or in the absence
of such a person, with a resident in the house from which the patient
is taken, a notice stating the hospital to which the patient is to be
removed, and such notice is to have annexed to it a copy of the regulations
as to visiting, &c. She is also to place on the "Delivery
Note" left with the patient at the hospital, the name and address of
the relative, friend, or resident above referred to.
By Order, W. F. JEBB, Clerk.
Chief Offices of the Board,
Norfolk House, Norfolk Street, Strand, W.C.
18th June, 1887.
Postal Address— Norfolk House, Norfolk Street, Strand, W.C.
Telegraphic Address— Asylums Board, London.
Telephone Number— 2587.
Note — The Regulations of previous dates are rescinded.
With a view to facilitate the removal of infectious cases the
Local Government Board issued on July the 8th, an order authorizing
the Managers of the Asylums' Board to admit into Hospital
persons suffering from Fever or Small Pox upon the order of a
Believing Officer or a Master of a Workhouse, accompanied by a
certificate signed either by a Poor Law Medical Officer or by
any Registered Medical Practitioner.
The Certificate scheduled in the order reads as follows :—
I, the undersigneddo hereby certify that I have this day personally
examined of
and that the said is, in my opinion, suffering
from and is a fit person for admission into the
Metropolitan Asylum at The duration of the
disease has been days, and the fever is
Signed
A Registered Medical Practitioner, residing at
Dated this day of 188