Report of a Committee for Conducting an Inquiry into the State of the Sick Poor, Warwick, September 15, 1827.

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1827
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Credit: Report of a Committee for Conducting an Inquiry into the State of the Sick Poor, Warwick, September 15, 1827. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    15. —Paupers not being maintained out of the funds of the institution must, therefore, if in lodgings, be supplied immediately from their parish; and, if in the infirmary, will be provided for by the housekeeper for 5.9. Qd. each per week, and if under ten years of age 39. 6d.—Her ac- counts are separate from the funds, but regularly investi- gated by the committee. 16. —That under unavoidable circumstances that may require the. absence of the surgeon officiating, he shall* provide a substitute. 17. —That no important operation in the infirmary be performed without the attendance of two surgeons. The, operating surgeon only shall be allowed to introduce visitors to an operation. 18. —That the committee (five constituting a majority) meet on the first Monday in every month. 19. —That a treasurer and secretary be appointed, the latter with a salary. 20. —That in extreme cases, the surgeon, if he thinks it expedient, do call in the aid of such neighbouring phy- sician as he may think proper, whose fees shall be paid out of the funds. 21. —That notice of the physician’s attendance be com- municated to the surgeons of the infirmary, by the surgeon who solicits his attendance. 22. —That when the usual midwife is obliged to call in the assistance of an infirmary surgeon to the female poor «ccr*ecrj» of distant parishes, it has happened, and it may probably be expected ever to happen, that there will be some deficiency.