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 1897 ; 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 1897.
- Devonshire Royal Hospital (Buxton, Derbyshire, England)
- Date:
- 1898
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, and such disorders as may depend upon a rheumatic or gouty diathesis ; supported by annual subscriptions and voluntary contributions : annual report for the year 1897 ; 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 1897. 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.
![the management of the Hospital might become in the future unduly predominant- such restriction not being retrospective. Consultants to succeed to »acancies amongst the official members according to seniority. 80.—Consulting Physicians and Surgeons.may be summoned to attend con. sultations, operolious, 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.^foUows the occupation of a chemist and druggist. Honorary 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, but always subject to three monihs' noiice on either side to terminate the engagement, 89.—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 story, 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. 46. — 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 th»t all the patients are present; shall preside during the meals of the male patients, and shall take care that grace be said at the commencement and conclusion of every meal, and that order is preserved during meals. 48. —He shall take care that all servants under his authority do their duty, and incase of improper behaviour shall have full powerjo discharge them,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24768480_0044.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
