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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Paddington 1874
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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Fever Ambulance
Number of times used during the years ending December, 1872, 1873, and 1874:—
| 1872. | 1873. | 1874. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| To Stock well Fever Hospital | 8 | 15 | 12 | |||||
| „ St. Mary's Hospital | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| ,, St. George's ,, | — | 1 | — | |||||
| „ Small-Pox Hospital, Hampstead | 28 | — | — | |||||
| „ „ „ „ | 4 | — | — | |||||
| ,, London Fever Hospital | 1 | — | 1 | |||||
| ,, Fever Hospital, Homerton | 3 | — | — | |||||
| „ Other Places | — | — | 3 | |||||
| 45 | 18 | 17 | ||||||
| 1872. 1873. 1874. | 1872. | 1873. | 1874. | |||||
| January | 8 | 4 | 1 | July | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| February | 9 | 0 | 0 | August | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| March | 10 | 2 | 3 | September | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| April | 3 | 2 | 0 | October | 8 | 1 | 3 | |
| May | 4 | 1 | 0 | November | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| June | 1 | 1 | 1 | December | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
On the Removal of Sick Persons.
One of the last questions I had under consideration
at the request of the Sanitary and Public Health Committee,
was the best methods of removing persons to
Hospitals whilst suffering from infectious diseases. It
involves questions of the highest Sanitary interest to
the community; the kind of vehicles and attendants,
the authority who ought to provide them, the isolation
of patients, the methods of cleansing and disinfecting
of bedding, rooms, garments, and carriages. I must
refer those interested in this question to the Report
itself for the details and recommendations. I venture
to make suggestions for future guidance—with an
expression of hope that at no distant future a properly
organised Ambulance Staff in the metropolis and large
towns will be provided for public use. For my experience
daily teaches me that the whole duty of dealingwith,
and giving immediate help to persons suffering
with infectious disease, must be done with better
trained officers, and it is impossible not to see that
Patients have been removed from the following places in 1874 :—
| St. James' Terrace | 1 | Salem Gardens | 1 |
| Westbourne „ | 1 | Lancaster Gate | 2 |
| Workhouse | 2 | Queen's Road | 1 |
| Cirencester Street | 1 | Westbourne Grove | 1 |
| Clarendon ,, | 1 | Edgware Road | 1 |
| Courtnell „ | 1 | Sussex Gardens | 1 |
| Andover Place | 1 | 17 | |
| Alfred Road | 1 | ||
| Formosa Street | 1 |