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 1887 ; 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 Duke of Devonshire to the trustees ; and meteorological report for the year 1887.
- Devonshire Royal Hospital (Buxton, Derbyshire, England)
- Date:
- 1888
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 1887 ; 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 Duke of Devonshire to the trustees ; and meteorological report for the year 1887. 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.
![stating the particulars to the next meeting of the House Committee. He shall not employ any patient without first obtaining leave from the Medical Officer under whose charge the patient has been placed. 49. —He shall take care that daily prayers be read from a form of prayers approved by the Chaplain. 50. —None of the friends of patients, or visitors, shall be allowed to eat, or be entertained in any other way, at the cost of the Institution, nor to remain in the Hospital after the hour of locking doors for the night. Duties of Matron. 51. —She shall be appointed by the Committee of Management, subject to three months' notice on either side. She shall devote the whole of her time to the duties of the Hospital, and shall see that the domestic affairs of the Institu- tion are conducted with the greatest possible attention to regularity, cleanliness, and economy. She shall not absent herself from the Hospital unless with the sanction of the Acting Chairman or the House Committee. She shall be assisted by a competent cook, housemaid, and laundress, who shall be responsible for the work under their control. These upper servants to be engaged by the Matron, under the sanction of the House Committee. She shall hire all other women flervants without reference to the Committee. 52. —She shall take care of all household goods, culii ary and domestic uten- sils, furniture, linen, bedding, towels, &c., and keep a (•■.riect inventory for pro- duction when required by the House Committee; and shall cause every article to be marked with tde words Devonshire Hospital, Buxton, and to be numbered consecutively according to the several classes. 53. —She shall have charge of the provisions, and shall deliver only such a quantity at a time as shall enable her to know that it is consumed in the Hospital. She shall not permit anything belonging to the Charily to be sold or disposed of without the knowledge of the Committee of Management. She fihall have charge of the laundry. She shall superintend the cook in preparing the food ; and shall take care that the meals are served at the regular hours, and that no food is wasted. She shall cause the meals of the patients to be ready at the following hours, and see that these hours are punctually kept, viz.:—Breakfast, eight; dinner, twelve; tea, five; supper, eight. She shall preside during the meals of the female patients, and shall take care that grace be said at the commencement and conclusion of every meal, and that order is preserved during meals. 54. —She shall see that all servants under her authority do their duty, and, in case of improper behaviour, shall have full power to discharge them, stating the particulars to the next meeting of the House Committee. 55. —She shall, under the authority of the Honorary Medical OflHcers, engage two head nurses,—one for the men's wards and one for the women's wards, with under nurses to assist ihem. Applications for these appointments to be received by the Matron, but the selection to rest with the Honorary Medical Officers, who shall instruct the Matron as to the engagement or discharge of any of the nurses. She shall have supervision and control of the nurses when not engaged in the duties of their office. She shall attend to the domestic arrangements of the nurses and patients; but both nurses and patients shall be under the control of uie Medical Staff, subject, when needful, to the supervising co-operation of the Committee of Management. She shall hire all ward servants and such other fierranis as may be directed by the House Committee. 56. —She shall present a monthly report of the work in her department to the House Committee. 57. —All Nurses, Ward Women, Maid Servants, and Man Servants shall be engaged 8ub]ect to a month's notice on either side. 58. —She shall take care that all such patients as are able, and who may not plead difference of religious opinion, attend daily prayers, and also Divine](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24768388_0041.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
