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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    THE MATRO N. 77- There shall be a Matron, who shall be under the control of the Resident Physician. <v/ 78. She shall not he under thirty, nor above forty-five years of age at the time of her appoint¬ ment ; and she shall be unmarried, or a widow not encumbered with a family. 79. She shall devote the whole of her time to the duties of her office, and shall have no connexion directly or indirectly with any other Establishment. 80. She shall reside in the Hospital, and shall never he absent from it a night without first consulting the Resident Physician, and obtaining the consent of the President or Treasurer. 81. She shall be responsible for the prompt and accurate execution of all the directions of the Resident Physician, and under his guidance, shall embrace every opportunity for the suitable employ¬ ment, amusement, and instruction of the Eemale Patients. 82. She shall spend the chief part of her time with the Eemale Patients, and shall inspect them all, and the several apartments appropriated to their use at least twice a day; her first inspection to he completed every morning by ten o’clock.