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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 blankets provided for the purpose.
(e) 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, &c.
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, Relapsing, Continued and Puerperal Fevers, and
Measles.
(b) Every application for an ambulance must state :—
(i.) Name, sex, and age of patient.
(ii.) Description of disease, and, in the case of fever, the
particular kind of fever.
(iii.) Full 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.
(f) 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 Is. for every mile outside the Metropolitan area.