Third annual report of the medical superintendent of the Manchester Royal Lunatic Hospital, situate near Cheadle, Cheshire, for the year from June 25th, 1852, to June 24th, 1853.

  • Manchester Royal Lunatic Hospital
Date:
1853
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Credit: Third annual report of the medical superintendent of the Manchester Royal Lunatic Hospital, situate near Cheadle, Cheshire, for the year from June 25th, 1852, to June 24th, 1853. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Hospital will be open for the reception of patients at all hours ; but when practicable, one day’s notice should always be given of the hours at which patients may be expected to arrive, that the Resident Medical Superintendent may be better prepared for their reception. With every patient a sufficient supply of suitable clothing must be brought to the Hospital, together with an inventory of the same and of any other property left with the patient. The inventory after having been compared with the clothing and property shall be signed by the Superin¬ tendent, the Matron, or the Attendant at the time of admission of the patient; and when a patient’s clothes are worn out or destroyed, they must be renewed as often as necessary by the party responsible for the patient’s board on notice to that effect being given, and should such notice not be attended to, the Resident Medical Superintendent may order the clothes necessary for the patient, tlie expense of which shall be charged in the next quarter’s account. All monies due in respect of any patient in the Hospital shall be paid to the Treasurer or Secretary, whose receipt alone shall be valid. Near relatives, guardians, or others producing proper written authority from the Subscribers of the application on which the patient has been admitted, or of the obligation for the payment of the board, shall be allowed to visit the patient on the days and during the hours fixed for that purpose, viz., Wednesday and Saturday from 10 to 3; but all such visits shall be under the direction and control of the Resident Medical Superintendent; and when a personal interview with the Resident Medical Superintendent is required by any friend or guardian of a patient, an appointment should be previously made for that purpose. The utmost attention and care are exercised in the classification of patients according to their habits and different degrees of mental aberra¬ tion, and to promote cheerfulness and recovery by suitable occupation and exercise in the open air whenever practicable. Bibles and prayer books are provided for the various rooms of the Hospital. Divine service is performed every Sunday in the Chapel of the Hospital,” and prayers are read during the week by the Chaplain. A library is provided for the use of the patients, containing such publica¬ tions of a cheerful and instructive character as have been determined upon by the Committee, in concurrence with the Resident Medical Superin¬ tendent. In the public rooms accommodation and provision are made for reading and other amusements, to which the patients are encouraged to resort. Treasurer, Rev. CANON CLIFTON, M.A. Resident Medical Superintendent, Mr. DICKSON, Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. Visiting Physicians, The PHYSICIANS to the MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY. Secretary, Mr. ROBT. THORPE RADFORD, Royal Infirmary, Manchester. 60WLEK, PRINTER, ST. ANN’S SQPAUE, MANCHESTER.
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