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At the meeting of the Metropolitan Asylums Board on Saturday last, the Anthill:ince Committee reported that its attention. had recently been ilirected to the insufficieney of the present number of motor omnilmses; exeludiug one solely employed at the Children's Infirmary for staff purposes, number nine six large and three email. Two have been specially fitted op for the conveyance of non-infeeLens siek children to and from the Children's Infirmary, and, owing to the opening of the Park Hospital for -imilar eases, and to the fact that one I these two omnibuses is under repair, e third large omnibus has been set part for this work. One of the small !•ainileises is praetieally constantly emphnyed for the eonveyanee of ring
â– 111I1 and ophthalmia patients or imbecile ea.ses, leaving live oniniheses for
infectious work. Two of these are in daily demiund for recovered fever patients, and the remaining three barely suffice for the transport of the convalescing patients to the Northern and Gore Farm Hospitals. Thus there is practically no reserve for breakdowns and enicrgemies, except the old " National " ambulance, which has been fitted with seats to carry six passengers. The Committee therefore recommended that it be authorized to take the necessary steps for the purchase of a ten-passenger motor omnibus, in hick shall be capable of adaptation as an ambulance for teo recnmbent patients, and to employ the services of an expert adviser, if considered neeessary. Assent was given to this suggestion.
The same Committee further reported that in a few weeks the eubsti
tution of motors for horse traction at the Eastern Station will have been completed. The Managers will have then two stations (the Eastern and the Western Stations) completely equipped with motor vehicles, and the committee consider that the time has arrived when steps should be taken to effect a similar change at the South-Eastern Station. They recommended that the Committee be authorized to equip the South-Eastern Ambulance Station with nine motor ambulances and to employ the services of an expert adviser if considered necessary. This was also agreed.
In another report submitted by tine same Committee it WaS mentioned that owing to the adoption of motor vehicles, it had been found possible to close the South-Western Ambulance Station.