Instructions for the Royal Naval Hospitals at Haslar and Plymouth.

  • Great Britain. Admiralty.
Date:
1834
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Instructions for the Royal Naval Hospitals at Haslar and Plymouth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tion they may be able to give, and cause an account to be taken of the manner each man is to be disposed of by the decision of the Surveying Officers. 41. If the Commanding Officer at the Port should desire to have an Officer surveyed, and should request you to direct the Physi- cians and Surgeons to survey him, you are immediately to comply with such application. He is to be examined in your presence, and the Physicians and Surgeons are to make their report to you, on the annexed Form, which you are to transmit to the Commanding Officer at the Port; and whenever any Medical Officer shall have been so surveyed, you are to transmit a copy of the report of survey to Us, for the information of the Physician of the Navy. 42. When men are discharged from the Hospital to their ships, if their numbers make it necessary, you are to direct one of the Lieutenants to accompany and assist the Officers of the ships they belong to, in conducting them to the boats which are to carry them off; and you are to enjoin him to be particularly careful to prevent the men from deserting, straggling, drinking, or from carrying on board any strong liquors, and also to observe that every man take with him his clothes and bedding, and every other article that was sent with him to the Hospital. 43. The death of any Commissioned or Warrant Officer in the Hospital, Asylum, or at Sick Quarters, is to be reported to Us immediately, and the Medical Officer under whose care the Patient died is to send a detailed statement of his case to the Physician of the Navy; and if any Officer shall be discharged otherwise than to rejoin his ship, you are to give immediate mfoi mation thereof, stating whether he be cured or not, and where he intends to reside. c Survey of Officers. No. 57. How to pro- ceed when men are dis- charged from the Hospital. Deaths of all Officers in the Hospital to be reported imme diately.