Report of the Medical Officers : 1937.

  • Berkeley Hospital (Berkeley, England)
Date:
1937
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Report of the Medical Officers : 1937. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    WELLCOME | LIBRARY Ann Rep w X 2L.. e 57 . ss 9^ RULES ~~HI.-That this Institution, founded in 1877 as the Berkeley Cotjtage Hospital, be in future called the Berkeley Hospital. Object. II.—That the object of the Hospital be for the reception and assistance of the poor, and other persons when suffering from sickness or accident, by providing free medical and sur¬ gical treatment. Advantages to Subscribers, etc. Admission in the case of Sickness. In cases of Accident. Times of Visiting. III. —That every annual subscriber of one guinea shall be entitled to a ticket of recommendation admitting a patient for four weeks, and that all clergy and ministers of religion making collections of two guineas in their respective Churches and Chapels shall be allowed the same privilege. IV. —That candidates for admission must be provided with a ticket (except in cases of accident, which will be received immediately on application). V. —That all cases of emergency and accident or patients requiring operation, shall be freely admitted without recom¬ mendation subject to the approval of the Medical Attendant. VI.—That patients may be visited by their friends between the hours of 2 and 4 o’clock p.m. on Sunday and Wednesday in each week and that all patients may be visited by their own minister of religion. General VII.—That the General Committee consist of the President, Committee. Lady President, Vice-Presidents, Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Medical Officers, Hon. Treasurer, Hon. Secretary, and of not more than twenty-four others, elected annually at the General Meeting. No ordinary member of the Committee shall be eligible for re-election unless he or she shall have attended at least one quarterly meeting of the Committee during the previous year. Committee of VIII.—That the supervision of the Hospital be entrusted to Management. a Committee of Management consisting of five members of the Committee and the Medical Officers and Hon. Secretary “ex- officio.” Annual IX.—That the annual meeting be held as soon after the Meeting, etc. termination of the financial year as possible, and quarterly meetings of the Committee on the second Monday in March, June, September, December, and that an official report from the Committee be submitted to the annual meeting. \ 22501439119