Report of the London Fever Hospital, Liverpool Road, Islington, for the year ending 31st December 1908.

  • London Fever Hospital.
Date:
1909
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Report of the London Fever Hospital, Liverpool Road, Islington, for the year ending 31st December 1908. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    15. All accounts, except such sums as may be comprised under the item of petty cash, shall be submitted to the Committee at the monthly meetings, after having been duly examined by the secretary, the resident medical officer, the house directors, and certified by the auditor ; and such accounts, if approved* shall be paid by cheques, payable to order, signed by two members of the Com¬ mittee, on production of the house directors’ minutes relating to them, and countersigned by the secretary. 16. No member of the Committee shall furnish, otherwise than gratuitously, any goods, provisions, or other'articles, for the use of, or on account of, the Hospital, or be concerned in any contract, directly or indirectly, for supplying the same, or be employed for hire, fees, wages, or profit in any office or employment in con¬ nection with the Hospital. Conduct of Meetings. 17. At all meetings a simple majority of the members present and voting shall bind the minority; and in case of equality of votes, the chairman shall have an additional or casting vote. Treasurer. • 18. The treasurer, if present, shall take the chair at all meetings of the Com¬ mittee, in the absence of the president or vice-presidents. He shall keep an account at the bankers’, and all moneys received for the use of the Hospital shall be paid to such account; he shall honour cheques signed, as provided in Rule 15. Honorary Secretary. 19. In the absence ot the Committee, the honorary secretary shall represent the Hospital with the public and with public bodies, reporting his action to the Committee. Audit. 20. All accounts of the Hospital shall be audited by a professional auditor. The auditor shall certify the accounts, and it shall be his duty to report to the Committee anything in the books or accounts which in his opinion appear to call for comment. 21. At the meeting o( the Committee in November, three gentlemen, one at least of whom shall not be a member of the Committee, shall be appointed to examine the accounts of the Hospital for the current year, and approve an abstract of all receipts and disbursements to be prepared by the secretary, and laid before the annual general meeting in February. House Directors. 22. The house-directors shall consist of the trustees, treasurer, the two physicians, and the architect,who shall be ex-officio house-directors, and of three elected house- directors chosen as follows:—The Committee at their meeting in February shall