General regulations for the government of the hospital / St. Luke's Hospital for Lunatics ; approved by G. Grey.

  • St. Luke's Hospital (London, England)
Date:
1882
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: General regulations for the government of the hospital / St. Luke's Hospital for Lunatics ; approved by G. Grey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    51. He shall have full power and authority to engage upon trial all Male and Female Attendants or Servants having the charge of Patients, duly reporting every such engagement to the next House Committee for confirmation and appoint¬ ment ; and he shall have power to suspend for misconduct all such Attendants and Servants; duly reporting all the circumstances of such suspension to the House Committee at their next meeting for their final decision. 52. He shall regulate the Diet for the sick and infirm Patients, and shall direct the classification and distribution of the Patients in the respective Wards and sleeping rooms, and shall visit all the Patients at least once a day, and special cases as often as may be necessary. 53. He shall visit the Patients at night, at uncertain periods, not less than once a week ; and in his night visits to the Female Patients he shall be accompanied by the Matron. 54. He shall immediately visit any Patient reported by an Attendant as requiring seclusion, or mechanical restraint. 55. He shall examine every Patient when ad¬ mitted, and shall keep a Book, to be called “ The Case Book,” which shall contain an account of