Devonshire hospital and Buxton Bath charity : instituted for the relief of poor persons from all parts of Great Britain and Ireland suffering from rheumatism, gout, sciatica, and neuralgia ; pains, weakness or contractions of joints or limbs, arising from these diseases, or from sprains, fractures, or other local injuries ; chronic forms of paralysis ; dropped hands, and other poisonous effects of lead, mercury, or other minerals ; spinal affections ; dyspeptic complaints, uterine obstructions, and such disorders as may depend upon a rheumatic or gouty diathesis ; supported by annual subscriptions and voluntary contributions : annual report for the year 1899 ; medical report and statistics, management, history, annual statement, accounts, rules and regulations, list of subscriptions and benefactions &c., Bath charity report for 1785 ; copies of conveyances of hospital and baths from the seventh Duke of Devonshire to the trustees ; and meteorological report for the year 1899.
- Devonshire Royal Hospital (Buxton, Derbyshire, England)
- Date:
- 1900
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Credit: Devonshire hospital and Buxton Bath charity : instituted for the relief of poor persons from all parts of Great Britain and Ireland suffering from rheumatism, gout, sciatica, and neuralgia ; pains, weakness or contractions of joints or limbs, arising from these diseases, or from sprains, fractures, or other local injuries ; chronic forms of paralysis ; dropped hands, and other poisonous effects of lead, mercury, or other minerals ; spinal affections ; dyspeptic complaints, uterine obstructions, and such disorders as may depend upon a rheumatic or gouty diathesis ; supported by annual subscriptions and voluntary contributions : annual report for the year 1899 ; medical report and statistics, management, history, annual statement, accounts, rules and regulations, list of subscriptions and benefactions &c., Bath charity report for 1785 ; copies of conveyances of hospital and baths from the seventh Duke of Devonshire to the trustees ; and meteorological report for the year 1899. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
![Extracts from the Rules and Regulations for Patients. 1. —An In-Patient will be entitled to Board, Lodgirg, Medical Advice, Medicines, and i^aths, for three weeks; should an extension of time be advised by the Medical OflScers, the Patient may remain on payment of ITs. 6d. per week. 2. —An Out-Patient will be entitled to Medical Advice, Medicines, and Baths, for three weeks; but the Medical Officers will attend these Patients only at the Hospital at the appointed days and hours. No Patient shaU be allowed to remain on the Books of the Institution longer than six weeks at one time without special permission signed by at least two-thirds of the Medical Staff of the Hospital; and any Patient who has been on the books six weeks in any consecutive six months, shall not be re-admitted within six months from the date of discharge without such permission. 3. _A11 Applicants for admission, eitlier as In or Out-Patients, will be required to produce a recommendation, signed by a subscriber, and countersigned by the officiating minister, churcliwarden, or some other parochial officer, or respect- able inhabitant of the place from which they come, certifying that they are fit objects of charity, and unable to pay for themselves. K.B.—Particular attention is directed to this rule, as it is much feared many have been admitted who were not fit objects for any Charity. 4. —TheMedical Staff are authorised to refuse admittance to, or discharge, any Patients they consider unfit objects of the Charity; such refusal, or dismissal, to be signed by at least two of their number. 6.—Every In-Patient will be required to bring a proper change of clean body linen, and will have to pay for his, or her, own washing out of the Hospital; and to de- posit one shilling upon receiving the key of the clothes box appropriated to his or her use; this deposit wiU be returned to the Patient upon giving up the key. Out- Patients will have to provide their own towels for bathing. All Patients must be provided with money for their travelling expenses when leaving the Hospital. 6. —All the Patients will be required to observe strictly the Rules laid down for their guidance; any infringement of the rules will render the Patient liable to imme- diate dismissal. 7. —Cases of Accident will be admitted to the Hospital on payment of the usual weekly charge for board and lodging, and a guarantee given for payment of any extra charges required. 8. —Application for the admission of In-Patients, accompanied by the Subscriber's recommendation and the usual Mt-dica] Certificate, to be made to the Secretary, who will intimate, by retuni of post, the earliest date upon which the Patient can be received. Patients are not on any account to come to tho Hospital until they receive notice that there is room for them, as no allowance of any kind will be given to those who cannot be taken in. 9. —In-Patients are admitted into the Hospital on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., and during their residence in the Hospital are under the immediate medical supervision of the House Surgeon and Assis- tant House Surgeon. Out-Patients will be attended by one of the Medical Staff every Monday and General Rules and Regulations for Subscribers. 1. —A Life Subscription of Twenty GuineasshaU entitle a Subscriber to recommend one In and two Out-Patients aimually. 2. -An Annual Subscription of One Guinea shaU entitle a Subscriber to recommend one In or four Out-Patients; but no annual Subscriber shall send a Patient until he has been a Subscriber for at least three months; nor until his Subscription for the current year is paid. xi'uiuu All Subscriptions shall be considered as due in advance on the 1st of January in Annual Subscriptions not paid until after June 30th in each year shall be considered to be in default, and shaU not entitle to the recommendation of a Patient unless the difference between the amount of an Annual and a Casual affelTuSth' ^'^ ^Pl-^y *° '^fiW' SuDscStionB Pafd](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24768509_0049.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
