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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    clothing, bedding, &c,, in the apartments for Female Patients, at least once in every quarter, and enter the same in a Book to he kept for that purpose, and immediately communicate the result to the Steward. 89. She shall take care that all the Female Atten¬ dants be faithful and diligent in the performance of their duties; that they observe the strictest propriety in their language, conduct, and demeanour, and that there be neither waste nor mismanagement in any part of the Hospital under her charge. 90. She shall investigate a]l complaints made to her by Female Patients, and shall communicate the result of her inquiry to the Resident Physician. 91. She shall keep a Journal, in which she shall notice every circumstance of importance occurring in her department; such Journal to be submitted to the Bethlem Sub-Committee every time it meets. 92. She shall make occasional visits at uncertain times during the night, to the different apartments under her charge, and shall report to the Resident Physician, and enter in her Journal, the state in which they then appeared. Such visits to be made at least twice a month. 93. She shall cause every Female Patient becom¬ ing dangerous or annoying to others, and not to be soothed or controlled by calmness and persuasion, to