River Ambulance Service

Transport for smallpox patients in London

Ambulance steamer Geneva Cross in 1894[1]

The River Ambulance Service was established in London by the Metropolitan Asylums Board to transport patients with smallpox to isolation hospitals. Paddle steamers such as the Geneva Cross were used as ambulance steamers.[2]

## References

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1. ^ "The ambulance ship Geneva Cross seen from South Wharf", Port Cities, 27 November 2020
2. ^ "The River Ambulance Service" (PDF), Surrey Docks Farm History Trail

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