Further report of the Commissioners in Lunacy, to the Lord Chancellor. Presented to both houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty.
- Date:
- 1847
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Further report of the Commissioners in Lunacy, to the Lord Chancellor. Presented to both houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![5. To examine the accounts and report thereon to the Auditors. [If there be no Auditors, substitute “ To audit the accounts, and re- port thereon to the Committee of Visitors. ] 6. To make entries in a book to be kept for that purpose, of the result of theh visitations. . 7. To appoint and discharge attendants and servants; but m ail cases of hiring and discharge to take into consideration every report and recommendation of the resident Medical Officer relative thereto. VISITING PHYSICIAN. , 1. That he shall attend at the Asylum on . days at least [or on every day] in each week; and shall also visit the patients oi any of them at other times if necessary. 2. That he shall have access to every patient; but whilst going through the female wards he shall he attended by the matron or a female attendant. 3. That he shall consult and advise with the resident medical officer, relative to the treatment, diet, and general management of the patients, and make proper entries thereof in a journal, to be kept for that purpose. 4. That he shall attend the quarterly meetings of the Committee of Visitors. RESIDENT MEDICAL OFFICER. 1. That he shall see every patient at least once in each day, and shall give up the whole of his time to the duties of his office, and shall not attend to or engage in any professional or other business or employment, except that of the Asylum. 2. That he shall be Superintendent of the Asylum, and shall have authority to recommend the hiring and discharge of all at- tendants and servants, and shall also generally have the control over the male attendants and servants, and authority to suspend them, whenever he shall deem expedient. 3. That he shall have a similar control, in common with the Matron, over the female attendants and servants, and shall also have power to suspend them whenever he shall deem expedient. 4. That he shall make a yearly report of the number of admis- sions, removals and discharges during the year; and shall also, in conjunction with the visiting Physician, make a like report as to the general condition of the patients, and such other matters as may appear expedient for the purpose of showing the state and manage- ment of the Asylum. * See Note, ante, p. 330.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21902756_0345.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
