General regulations for the management and discipline of state inebriate reformatories : under the provisions of the statute 61 & 62 Vict., cap. 60 / presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty.

Date:
1901
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Credit: General regulations for the management and discipline of state inebriate reformatories : under the provisions of the statute 61 & 62 Vict., cap. 60 / presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Dining- room. Complaints as to diet. Special additions to food. Spirituous liquors. Restrictions as to food, clothing, &c. Dress. Classes. Penal class. Employ- ment, &c. Visits and letters. 24. Meals shall be served in the dining-room, due regard being had to order, cleanliness and comfort. 25. An inmate who has any complaint to make regarding the diet furnished to him must make his request to the attendant deputed for that purpose as soon as possible after the diet is handed to him. Repeated complaints of a groundless nature made by any inmate under colour of this rule, with the evident purpose of giving annoyance or trouble, shall be treated as a breach of discipline, and the offender will be liable to punishment accordingly. 26. Any special addition to the food in the diet scale may, in the case of an inmate not being a patient in the infirmary, be made only on the written recommendation of the medical officer. 27. An inmate shall not be allowed any alcoholic stimulant except for strictly medical reasons and under a written order from the medical officer, to be entered in his journal, specifying the quantity and the name of the inmate for whose use it is intended. 28. An inmate shall not receive any food, clothing, bedding, or necessaries other than the Reformatory allowance, except on the recommendation of the medical officer. 29. An inmate shall be provided with a complete dress suffi- cient for warmth, of such pattern as may be prescribed, and shall be required to wear it. CLASSIFICATION AND REMISSION. 30. There shall be three classes, viz., penal, ordinary, and special, each being distinguished by a special badge. 31. The penal class shall be reserved as a punishment class to which inmates may be degraded for serious offences committed in the Reformatory. 32. An inmate degraded to the penal class shall be employed under the immediate supervision of an attendant. He shall not be allowed to associate with other inmates in the day-room and dining-room. He shall not be removed from this class until, in the opinion of the governor and the medical officer, he has, by his industry and conduct, proved himself worthy of promotion. 33. An inmate, while in the penal class, may write a letter and receive a reply at intervals of one month ; he may also receive a visit once a month, unless by misconduct in that class he should forfeit those privileges.