Bye-laws, rules, orders and directions, for the better government of His Majesty's Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, made and confirmed ... Dec. 1775 and ... Feb. 1776.

  • Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich
Date:
1776
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Bye-laws, rules, orders and directions, for the better government of His Majesty's Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, made and confirmed ... Dec. 1775 and ... Feb. 1776. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ 6+ ] IV. They are to apply to the Steward for fuch old lin¬ den, thread, needles, &c. as fhall be necefiary for mending the li§nen, who is directed to fupply them therewith. V. They are to inform him of fuch li#nen as fhall be loft by the Nurfes, in order that he may lay the mat¬ ter before the Council, and receive their directions for deducting the value thereof from their wages ; but the Matrons are themfelves to repay the worth of what fhall be loft through their own negleCt. VI. The Matron appointed to the Infirmary is daily to vifit the feveral wards thereof, to infpeCt the behavior of the Nurfes, and to fee that the fick people be duly attended and fupplied with the diet prefcribed by the Phyfician and Surgeon in their refpeCtive de¬ partments ; and fhe is to take care to have the rooms, bedding, and curtains kept clean and well aired, as often as it can be done, without inconvenience to the fick. PART