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Ambulance Facilities.
The provision of ambulances by the London County Council
was continued during 1932 under slightly amended conditions.
These refer to increased charges for their hire for private purposes,
and the withholding of the facilities, unless in circumstances of
exceptional urgency, in respect of the removal of private patients
between addresses both of which are outside the administrative
County of London.
The London County Council provides within the administrative
County ambulances free of cost for the conveyance to:
(a) Hospitals or private residences of:—
(i) persons meeting with accidents, or suffering from
sudden illnesses in the street, public places, places of
employment, etc ;
(ii) persons meeting with accidents in their owai homes;
(iii) persons suffering from illnesses in their homes if a
medical practitioner certifies that the case is one
of life or death, and that arrangements have been
made for the reception of the patient in the hospital;
(iv) parturient women—if the case is one of urgency—
whether from the home, place of business or elsewhere,
on the application of a qualified medical
practitioner or certified midwife, provided that
either a doctor or midwife accompanies the case;
(v) non-urgent cases of parturition if the call is made
between the hours of 11 p.m. and 8 a.m.
(b) For infectious cases if the following conditions have been
fulfilled:—
A medical certificate to be handed to the ambulance nurse
stating definitely the nature of the disease, subject to the disease
being one of those admissible to hospital.
In special circumstances cases of chicken-pox, german
measles, and mumps may be admitted on the application of the
Medical Officers of Health.
(c) The ambulances are also available to the London County
Council's hospitals and institutions for non-infectious cases when
application is made to the Public Assistance Department, and by,
or on behalf of, the Council's special general and mental hospital;;.
CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES.
Name and Situation. By whom provided. Sessions.
Ante-natal Clinics.
Camberwell Municipal Centre, Camberwell Borough Second and fourth
140, Camberwell Road Council. Thursdays in every
month at 11 a.m.
Bird-in-Bush 616, Old Kent Voluntary Infant Wel- Every Friday at 2 p.m.
Road. fare Association.