Regulations.

  • Glasgow Royal Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1814
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Regulations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    must always give notice to the Matron, or to some other person in the house, of his absence, and of the time of his return, which shall be as early as possible: during the night he shall ne¬ ver be absent, without leave asked and obtained from the weekly Committee. IV. £)f tfte patron. 1st. The Matron is to exercise over the Fe¬ male Servants, Keepers and Patients, a super¬ intendance similar to that of the Superintend- ant over the Males, and she is with equal care to examine their apartments, day-rooms and galleries, evening and morning. 2dly. She is also to superintend the kitchen, the washing-house, and laundry. 3dly. She is to make out, and keep correct lists of the furniture and clothes of the Females, as the Superintendant does of the Males. 4thly. Though the Apothecary will write the cases of Females as well as of Males, (but he must always examine the Females in presence of the Matron or Female Keeper) and also mark the prescriptions for them; the Matron shall keep a Day-book in which she must mark down any important changes that may take place be¬ tween one visit and another, and suggest any im¬ provements that occur to her;