A code of statutes and rules for the government of the Infirmary for the counties of Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham, and Northumberland ; to which is prefixed, an account of the origin and present state of the Infirmary, and particularly of the plan lately adopted for its internal improvement and extension.

Infirmary for the Sick and Lame Poor of the Counties of Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Northumberland

Date:: 1801

Credit: A code of statutes and rules for the government of the Infirmary for the counties of Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham, and Northumberland ; to which is prefixed, an account of the origin and present state of the Infirmary, and particularly of the plan lately adopted for its internal improvement and extension. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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2 0. That as foon as a patient is admitted, upon the recommendation of a fiibfcriber, a letter (hall be fent to Inch fiibfcriber, notifying whether the perfoii re- commended has been received as an in or out-patient.— (See appendix, No. '].) 21. That whenever there is want of room in the In- firmary for the admiflion of the whole number of patients judged proper, according to the rules of the charity, to te made in-patients, preference fhall be given, in the firfl place, to thofe whofe cafes admit of leafh delay, and next, to thofe who live at the greateft diftance from the Infirmary : and that proper objefts who cannot be admit- •ted in-patient's for want of room, fhall be entered in the books as such, and afterwards received into the houfe by the matron, on the firll vacancy ; but, in the mean time,, they fhall be treated as out-patients; and the recommen- ders fhall be informed by letter from the fecretary, of the caufe of delaying the admiflion of fuch patients.-—(^5fC appendixt No. B J 22. That when patients arc difcharged, cured,, they fliall be ilridly enjoined by the chairman of the committee, to return thanks to Almighty God, m their refpcaive places of worfnip, and to the fubfcribera who recommended them ; to whom letters fhall alfo be fent, acquainting them with the patient's being diU Ghzr^^td.—(See appendix, No. g.J 23. That any patient guilty of irregularity or non-attendance, fliall be difcharged, and, (in cafe the committee difcbarglng fuch patient fliall thmk proper) fhall be declared incapable of being again admitted on any recommendation ; and the recommendcr fhall be ac- quainted ihwwxth.—(See appendix, No. loj 24. That all patients fhall be difcharged, in courfe, within two months after admiflion, unlefs their phyh- «lan or furgeon certify to the houfe-committee that

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