Revised regulations for the government of the United States Marine-Hospital Service : approved May 20, 1889.
- Marine Hospital Service
- Date:
- 1889
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Revised regulations for the government of the United States Marine-Hospital Service : approved May 20, 1889. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![65- Medical officers in command of relief stations will piSSdan?s“‘ report immediately any changes made in the personnel of the hospital attendants; stating in each case the full name and duties of the person whose employment has been terminated, and the reasons for the change made. 66 Subordinate employes and laborers in United States ^ to i.o known as marine hospitals shall be known and styled as hospital ants, attendants, and will be borne on the roll as such. They shall be required to perform whatever duties may be as- signed to them by the medical officer in command, or the hospital-steward acting under his orders. 67. Hospital attendants are required to provide them-^U**'™* •>' selves with the prescribed uniform of their grade, and to wear the same on duty and during temporary leave of absence. 68. The number of hospital attendants for a hospital having a daily average of not less than twenty patients will be seven, to be detailed as follows, viz : One as nurse ; one as watchman, who must be competent to act as night- nurse ; one as ambulance-driver and gardener; one as cook; one as laundress; and two for general service in the dining-rooms and about the building and grounds. 69. The basis for additional employes will be as fol- Adduioimi at- lows, VIZ : One assistant nurse for every twenty patients in addition to the first twenty; one assistant cook, and one assistant laundress when the number of patients ex- ceeds forty. 70. Hospital attendants after performing their pre- DutioB. scribed daily duties will report to the hospital-steward for further orders. 71. Hospital attendants will not leave the hospital loavo 1 -.1 . ... . .. ^ groiiuds wUhout grounds without permission from the medical officer or hospital-steward. *]2. Hospital attendants will not be required or allowed porfnnu to perform household or laundry work for the benefit Irofflco™. of a medical officer of the Service or his family. 73. Hospital attendants may be granted leave of ab- Leavo of absuncu. sence, not exceeding seven days, by the medical officer in command, but such leave of absence is to be noted on the pay-roll for the month or months in which the attend- ant was absent. 74- The medical officer in command of a station will Disminsui f..r be held responsible for the maintenance of discipline™””' among the employes, and the proper performance of the duties allotted to them ; and when any employd willfully disobeys official orders, is disrespectful, insubordinate.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28716097_0025.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
