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, etc. etc. ; supported by annual subscriptions and voluntary contributions : annual report for the year 1881 ; completion of the hospital extension ; action and purpose of the governors of the cotton districts convalescent fund ; management, history, annual statement, accounts, meteorological report and tables, rules and regulations, list of subscriptions and benefactions &c., Bath charity report for 1785, and copies of conveyances of hospital and baths from the Duke of Devonshire to the trustees.
- Devonshire Royal Hospital (Buxton, Derbyshire, England)
- Date:
- 1882
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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, etc. etc. ; supported by annual subscriptions and voluntary contributions : annual report for the year 1881 ; completion of the hospital extension ; action and purpose of the governors of the cotton districts convalescent fund ; management, history, annual statement, accounts, meteorological report and tables, rules and regulations, list of subscriptions and benefactions &c., Bath charity report for 1785, and copies of conveyances of hospital and baths from the Duke of Devonshire to the trustees. 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.
![Management, become a Consultiag Physician or Surgeon. The consulting Medi- cal Officers of the Hospital shall not have official seats on the Committee of Management beyond the number of three members, lest the medical element in the management of the Hospital might become in the future unduly predominent; such restriction not being retrospective. Consultants to succeed to vacancies amongst the official members according to seniority. 36.—Consulting Physicians and Surgeons may be summoned to attend con- sultations, operations, and inspections. 87.—No medical man shall be eligible as a candidate for a vacancy in the Medical Staff, who, in addition to his professional qualification, follows the occupation of a chemist and druggist. Chaplain. 38. —A clergyman of the Church of England shall be appointed by the Com- mittee of Management as Chaplain, on such terms as they may determine. 39. —He shall cause prayers to be read every morning and night. 40. —He shall visit the wards as often as he may see occasion, and such patients in particular as may request his attendance. 41 —He shall have the charge and superintendence of the books and tracts which may be supplied for the use of the patients. 42. —He shall cause a journal to be kept in which shall be recorded the times when prayer has been read. [Note.]—Other ministers of religion are at liberty to visit such patients as are confined by sickness to their rooms and may desire their attendance. Duties of steward. 43. —He shall be appointed by the Committee of Management, subject to three months' notice on either side. He shall devote the whole of his time and attention to the duties of the Hospital. He shall, under the direction and with the sanction of the House Committee, engage all men servants. He shall have the care of the buildings, grounds, baths, and property of the Hospital. He shall take care that regularity, cleanliness, and economy be observed in every section of his department. He shall not absent himself from the Hospital, unless with the sanction of the Acting Chairman or the House Committee. He shall present a monthly report of the work in his department to the House Committee. 44. —He shall take care of all furniture, household goods, and stores in his department, and keep a correct inventory for production when required by the Committee of Management or House Committee. 45. —He shall have charge of all the keys of the Hospital, including those of the basement starey, and shall see that all the outer doors are locked, and shall keep the keys of them from five in the evening till eight in the morning from Michmaelmas to Lady Day; and from eight in the evening till six in the morning from Lady Day to Michaelmas. He shall cause every key to be numbered progressively by an engraved figure, and the doors to which such keys belong to be marked with corresponding numbers, and shall keep a book with similar numbers shewing to what doors the keys belong. 40.—He shall purchase such provisions and stores as the Committee of Management shall direct, and shall see that their quality be good. He shall weigh or measure the whole as they are received, and enter them in a receiving- book with the exact particulars of their weight or measure. He shall not per- mit anything belonging to the Charity to be sold or disposed of without the knowledge of the Committee of Management. 47.—He shall ascertain morning and evening that all the patients are present; shall preside during the meals of the male patients, and shall take care that](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24768327_0037.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
