A code of statutes and rules for the government of the Infirmary for the counties of Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham, and Northumberland ; to which is prefixed, an account of the origin and present state of the Infirmary, and particularly of the plan lately adopted for its internal improvement and extension.

  • Infirmary for the Sick and Lame Poor of the Counties of Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Northumberland.
Date:
1801
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A code of statutes and rules for the government of the Infirmary for the counties of Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham, and Northumberland ; to which is prefixed, an account of the origin and present state of the Infirmary, and particularly of the plan lately adopted for its internal improvement and extension. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    and notice of fuch fpecial court fliall be inferted In tlic Newcallle papers on three days of publication, immedi- ately preceding the lame ; in which nolice the particular bulinefs for which the court is called, Hiali he fpccified. VT. That at every quarterly or fpecial court, .the grand vlfitor, or In his abfeiice, one of the prefidents, or in their abfence, one of the vice-prefidents, lhall be chair- man ; and in the abfence of them all, the majority of the governors prefent (hall appoint a chalriyian ; and that the chairman fliall have, befides his own vote, a calling vote in all cafes where the votes are equah VII. That there fhall be a hou/e-committee, conCifi'mg of t'zvehe ordlnaryy and thlriy-fix extraordinary members. That the twelve ordinary members fhall be chofen from the governors refident in or near Newcaftle or Gatef- head ; fix of whom fhall go out at the quarterly court in jlpril, r8o2, and fix new members be chofen in their Head : and that at ev^ry fucceeding general court, in Jprih the fix ordinary members who fliall have been two years in office, fhall go out, and fix others be eleded in their ftead. That the thirty-fix extraordinary members, (twelve for each county) fhall be appointed at each quar- terly court, in alphabetical rotation, from three diftipft lifts of the governors ; that, in addition, the attendmg phyfician and furgeon fliall be ojicially members of this coinmittee ; and that all governors who chufe to attend, fhall have voices as members of the fame. ¥111. That this committee, of which three fhall be a quorum, fliall meet at the Infirmary every Thurfday at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, to admit and difcharge patients, and to dlred all matters, which concern the ordinary expences and government of the Infirrnary: and that this important duty may be regularly and pro. perly performed, as foon as the ordinary members oi the com Jttee are appointed, a printed letter fliall be fent by the fecretary to each member, notifying his appointment,