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(b) Every application for an Ambulance must state : —
(i). Name, sex, and age of patient.
(li). Description of disease, and, in the case of fever, the
particular kind of fever.
(iii). Fall address from which the patient is to be conveyed.
(iv). Full address to which the patient is to be conveyed.
(c) The patient must be provided with a Medical Certificate of
the nature of the disease, to be handed to the driver of the
Ambulance.
(d) The charge for the hire of the Ambulance, including (when
the patient is over ten years of age) the services of a male
attendant, is 5s. This amount must be paid to the Driver,
who will give an official receipt for the same.
(e) One person only will be allowed to accompany the patient,
and such person may be conveyed back to the place from
which the patient was conveyed.
(/) The Ambulances may be sent outside the Metropolitan district
only by special sanction of the Ambulance Committee or of
the Clerk to the Board, and in such cases an extra charge
will be made of 1s. for every mile outside the Metropolitan
area.
4. The Drivers of the Board's Ambulances are not allowed to loiter on
their journeys or to stop for refreshments on pain of instant dismissal.
It is particularly requested that any breach of this
regulation, or any neglect or incivility on the part of the Drivers,
Nurses, or Attendants may be immediately reported to the undersigned.
The Servants of the Board are forbidden to accept any gratuities or
refreshments.
INSANITARY AREAS.
The Vestry have had under consideration, on several occasions
during the year, the question of dealing with areas in
the Parish under the provisions of Cross's Acts.
These Acts provide for the reconstruction of any area,
comprising houses, courts or alleys which are unfit for human