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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$send to the Governor a hst of the numbers of each class of Attenchnits that may be requirech He shall have the entire distribution of the duties of male Hospital Attendants, and shall be responsible for the manner in which those duties are performed. He shall also be responsible for preserving discipline in the Wards. He shall report to the Governor all deficiencies in ward, furniture or equipments. 33. He shall also furnish the Governor with lists of what- To furnish ever equipments in wards, laundries, or kitchens may be re- ^'^s*'^^**-'^- quired for providing, maintaining, or extending the Hospital accommodation ibr such number of sick as may be intimated to him by the Principal Medical Officer. it Jl lot l)'>llUMr)-;i: 34. He shall be responsible for the proper care and use of '^^ responsi- all diets, medical comforts, ward furniture, utensils, and J'jJl^.^^*^^^' other equipments, from the time of their issue by the Purveyor. ,, 35. Pie shall see that all ward repairs ar^, properly exe-To see Repairs CUted. '-^^^ r>iii. •,(i;; .iAf ./K«-_T>.i.M ^ executed. 30. He shall see that the wards are suitably lighted, venti- That Wards lated, and warmed, according to the requirements of the properly Medical Officer of the ward, and that the waids iixe preserved Zhl!S^anc\ m a proper state of cleanliness. wlrmed, &c. 37. He shall prepare lists of all furniture, utensils of every To prepare descrq}tion, bed and body clothing, bedding, &c., which may Lists of Fumi- be reqnu-cd for the current use of the Plos'pital. such lists to be sul)mitted to the Principal Medical Officer for his approval, and finally sent to the Governor. 38. He shall see that the cooking apparatus and kitchen To see to Diets utensils are sufficient, and are kept in a proper state of ^^ Cooking, repair; that the diets are ])ropcrfy cooked; and that the requisite amount of fuel is provided for the kitchen 39. He shall receive from the Paymaster and pay the wa-es To receive and of all male Hospital Attendants and others under him. ^ pay \Vuges 40. He shall receive from the Wardrnaster an abstract t ^ of the diet rolls of each ward, and shall transmit fhesZUl^fj^:' i^rv V'A'iS^'^V''^ .^'^^ ^oon as possible after the Medical Officers morning visit, and see that they are com- plied with. -$

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