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The Board have issued the following Regulations for the
use of their Ambulances:—
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 2,587.
N.B.—Applications in the latter part of the day must be dispatched
in time to reach the Offices before 8 p.m.
At Night, between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m., and on Sundays, Christmas
Day, and Good Friday, to the Ambulance Stations:—
Eastern Ambulance Station, Brooksby's Walk, Homerton, N.E.
South-Eastern Ambulance Station, New Cross Road (near Old
Kent Road Bailway Station), S.E. Western Ambulance Station,
Seagrave Boad, Fulham, S.W.
2. Removal to the Board's Hospitals.
{a) Only persons suffering from Smallpox, Fevers, or Diphtheria
are admitted into the Board's Hospitals.
(b) Every application must state the name, age, and full address
of the patient, from what disease suffering, and in cases of
fever the particular kind of fever; and also the name of the
person making the application.
(c) Unless a Medical Certificate be handed to the Ambulance
Nurse the patient will not be removed.
(d) Patients should leave all valuables, money, &c., and all outside
clothing at home, should wear body linen only, and be
wrapped in the blankets provided for the purpose.
(c) The Ambulance Nurse will leave, at the house from which
the patient is removed, a notice stating the hospital to
which the patient is to be taken, and a copy of the regulations
as to visiting, &g.
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, Membranous Croup, Erysipelas,
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever, Typhus, Typhoid, Enteric, Belapsing,
Continued and Puerperal Fevers, and Measles.
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