General rules for the management of the London County lunatic asylums.

Date:
[1904]
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: General rules for the management of the London County lunatic asylums. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Lunacy, any order to visit and report made by the Lord Chancellor under the provisions of the Lunacy Act, 1890. 5. He shall keep a Report Book in which he shall enter full account of every important and unusual circumstance that may occur in the Asylum, together with the number of patients resident, every death, inquest or escape that may occur, and such other particulars as may be required from time to time by the Sub-Committee, and shall read such entries to the Sub-Committee at every meeting. 6. He shall report to the Sub-Committee in writing any neglect or abuse that may come to his knowledge in any department of the Asylum. 7. He shall immediately enquire into the cause of all accidents or injuries occurring at the Asylum and report the result to the Sub-Committee at their next meeting. 8. He shall take care that the Rules and Regulations of the Asylum be faithfully observed, and shall investigate all com- plaints made to him by patients, officers, attendants or servants, and shall report in writing to the Sub-Committee at their next meeting such as require further notice. 9. He shall not absent himself from the Asylum for more than one night without the previous written consent of the Chairman of the Sub-Committee, nor for more than three nights without the authority of the Sub-Committee. 10. He shall himself visit as often as practicable the wards and he shall cause every ward and every patient to be visited at least twice a day by an Assistant Medical Officer who shall order the requisite diet for those who are sick, taking care that the particulars of such sick or extra diet be duly entered in the diet list of the several wards. He shall from time to time examine the provisions issued for the use of the patients and report to the Sub-Committee whenever they are unsatisfactory. He shall make occasional visits at uncertain times to the different wards and bed-rooms during the night or before the patients rise in the morning and report to the Sub-Committee any serious irre- gularity which may come to his notice. On making such visits to the department for female patients, the Medical Officer shall invariably be accompanied by the Matron or Female Head Night Attendant, or by some other female officer. 11. He shall be responsible for the keeping of all Books, Registers, &c., necessary for making Returns and giving notices, &c., that may be required by the provisions of the Statute or the rules of the Commissioners in Lunacy. Rules of Commissioners.
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