Copies of communications from the government, and transactions of the Board of Governors of the Belfast District lunatic asylum, with reference to the appointment of chaplains, from April, 1853, to March, 1854.

  • Belfast District Hospital for the Insane.
Date:
1854
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Copies of communications from the government, and transactions of the Board of Governors of the Belfast District lunatic asylum, with reference to the appointment of chaplains, from April, 1853, to March, 1854. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “ By the Lord Lieutenant and Council of Ireland. “ St. Germans. « Whereas by an Order of this Board, of the 27th of March, 1843, certain General Rules were made, framed, and established for the good conduct and management of the several District Lunatic Asylums in Ireland. And Whereas, by another Order of this Board, bearing date the 13th of April, 1844, certain alterations in the said Rules and Regu¬ lations were made. “ And Whereas it is expedient that certain further Rules should be added thereunto. “Now We, the Lord Lieutenant and Privy Council of Ireland, by virtue of the powers given unto us by the statutes in that case made and provided, do order and direct that the following further Rules shall be added unto, and form a part of, the said Rules and Regulations, made, framed, and established as aforesaid. “ 1. That the respective Boards of Governors, the Managers, and Ma¬ trons of the District Lunatic Asylums in Ireland, do afford every facility to the admission of the several Chaplains appointed thereto, in order to enable them to officiate according to their respective Creeds, and to af¬ ford Religious Instruction and Consolation to all patients, except such as shall be declared by the Physician to be unfit and incapable of un¬ derstanding the nature of the Service, and of appreciating the effects of Religion. “ 2. That the Chaplains shall attend on Sundays, as well as on other days appointed by the ordinances of their respective Churches, for Reli¬ gious Service, which shall be performed at such hours as shall be agreed upon as most convenient to the Clergymen of each Church ; and they shall, in cases of illness, visit at any time when noticed to do so. “ 3. That controversial subjects shall be scrupulously avoided, both in public service and private visitations. “ 4. That each patient shall, during his sojourn in the Asylum, be visited solely by the Clergyman of the Religion to which he belonged on his admission, and under the denomination of which he is registered. “ 5. That each Chaplain do keep a separate Monthly Book, in which he shall state the duties performed; the number of visits to each patient ; the number of patients and servants attending Divine Service; and the general results of his religious ministrations; with such other observa¬ tions as he may think proper to make ; and that he submit the same, when required, to the Inspectors, Governors, Managers, and Physicians of the Asylum.” “ 6. And we do hereby further order and direct that the Thirteenth General Rule,* made by the Lord Lieutenant and Privy Council on the “* Rule 13 stands thus:—‘The Board *o make regulations for the admission of Clergymen, to visit in that character any patients of their own persuasion. Frequent visits of the parochial Clergy to the Institution are particularly desired. The Board to make arrangements for the celebration of Divine Service before such of the inmates as their respective Clergymen and the Physician shall deem fit to attend the same.1 ”