Regulations for the duties of inspectors-general and deputy inspectors-general of hospitals : for the duties of staff and regimental medical officers, for the organization of general, regimental, and field hospitals, and for the duties of officers, attendants, and nurses, for sanitary measures, and precautions for preserving the health of the troops, for the duties of sanitary officers attached to armies, and for drawing up sanitary and medical statistics and reports.

Date:: 1859

Credit: Regulations for the duties of inspectors-general and deputy inspectors-general of hospitals : for the duties of staff and regimental medical officers, for the organization of general, regimental, and field hospitals, and for the duties of officers, attendants, and nurses, for sanitary measures, and precautions for preserving the health of the troops, for the duties of sanitary officers attached to armies, and for drawing up sanitary and medical statistics and reports. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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S mfmbe?tt ? ^^^^^'^aivvhether the number of sick in each Sick. Hospital ward exceeds the number prescribed by regulation. ^etalvr' ^a^^sfy himself that the excreta of the sick promptly re- ^^'^ promptly removed from the wards. moved. Sr£'&tof 'i'l^ ''''^^^^^ ^^^^ °f cleanliness, and Hospitals. ^'^^ P^ and lavatories connected with the Hospital are sutticient and m good condition. I Ho'sptr' cofditim^^ '''''^^ ^ '^'''^''''y 21. Also, as to the cleanliness and sufficiency of the beddmg, hnen, ward furniture, and utensils. ^i^ran'gements. ^tel^silf sufficiency of the kitchen arrangements and C Cooking.^ '^^'^^^y' cooking of the diets. Diet Tables. 24. That the diet tables are in accordance with these reo-u- ^ lations and properly hung up in the wards. ] Medical Atten. 25 That the medical attendance and nursing of the sick t I Cleanliness pl'ltarbfen ^^ould ascertain whether there has been any un- ^SnheSy sual amount of disease or mortality originating within the j Hospital, and, if so, its cause. Hospital Epi- 27. Whether erysipelas, hospital gangrene, fever, dysentery demies. cholera, or any other epidemic disease, has shown itself in the .j Hospital, among the sick or attendants; whether wounds heal ( easily, and cases of disease recover readily; he should ] endeavour to trace to its causes any epidemic disease that may exist and in consultation with the medical officer in charo-e to decide upon the means of preventing or mitigatino- such disease. ^ r istate of Sur- 28. He should satisfy himself as to the state of the surgery gery. the quality and supply of medicines and medical comforts' and the means of preparing and dispensing medicines. ' Surgical instru- 29. As to the Condition and sufficiency of the suro-ical ^nents. equipments and instruments. *

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