Rules and orders, together with the duties of the several officers and servants / approved by [G. Grey,] Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, 9th May, 1866.

  • Bethlem Royal Hospital (London, England)
Date:
[1866?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Rules and orders, together with the duties of the several officers and servants / approved by [G. Grey,] Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, 9th May, 1866. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    18. The Betlilem Sub-Committee shall have power to relieve any destitute Patient, on discharge, with a gratuity not exceeding twenty shillings. 19. If a Patient escape through the negligence of any Officer, Attendant, or Servant, the expense of recovering such Patient shall be paid by the Steward, and by him deducted from the salary or wages of the person in fault; who in addition shall be liable to a further penalty, not exceeding twenty pounds, at the discretion of the Bethlem Sub- Committee. 20. The relatives and friends of Patients shall be permitted to visit Male Patients on the first and third Mondays, and the Pemale Patients on the second and fourth Mondays in every month, between the hours of two and four o’clock in the afternoon; but no visitor shall be permitted to see a Patient if the Resident Physician consider that the visit will prove injurious to the Patient, or be otherwise inexpedient. 21. The duties of the several Attendants and Servants shall be printed in a separate form, and a copy given to each on entering the Hospital. 22. Every Governor may take Visitors over the whole of the Hospital; and Visitors, unattended by a Governor, shall be allowed a similar inspection, on producing an order to that effect from the Presi¬ dent or the Treasurer.