Annual report- 1901 : (in two vols). Vol. 1, Being the report of the Board and the reports of its committees / Metropolitan Asylums Board.

  • Metropolitan Asylums Board (London, England)
Date:
1902
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Credit: Annual report- 1901 : (in two vols). Vol. 1, Being the report of the Board and the reports of its committees / Metropolitan Asylums Board. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (6.) Exchange of Patients with London County Council. That the clerk to the Asylums Committee of the London County Council be informed that, until such time as Tooting Bee Asylum is opened, the Asylums Committee of the Metropolitan Asylums Board assent to his proposal that upon the transfer of a patient from one of the Board’s asylums, a patient from a County asylum will if required be immediately received by the Board in exchange ; upon the understanding that the transference of patients from the County asylums to the Managers’ asylums will be carried out by the Council’s officials as heretofore. [10th June, 1901, vol. II., p. 98.] (7.) Names of Members in Sub-Committee’s Reports. That in future the report of each sub-committee be prefaced by the names of the members present at the meeting held on the date of such report. [10th June, 1901, vol. II., p. 108.] (8.) Ladies as Assistant Medical Officers. That future advertisements for assistant medical officers be so worded as to obviate applications from ladies. [8th July, 1901, vol. II., p. 118.] (9.) Revised Estimates for Works. That it be an instruction to all officers concerned that when the Asylums Committee is about to consider tenders for work a revised estimate of cost is to be submitted in cases where variation of details or lapse of time makes a revised estimate desirable. [27th July, 1901, vol. II., p. 136.] (10.) Post-Mortem Examinations. That on no account is a person other than a medical man to open the bodies of patients for purposes of post-mortem examination. [14th October, 1901, vol. II., p. 156. J (11.) Farm Management and Method of Charging Products. The committee passed a series of resolutions dealing with the utilisation of the asylum land, keeping of cows and milk supply, method of keeping the accounts relating to the farm and its products and to asylum conveyances, and as to the appointment of a farm valuer. [11 November, 1901, vol. II., pp. 180-3.] (12.) Deputy Charge Attendants’ Wages. That the institution sub-committees be authorised to pay deputy charge attendants on promotion at the rate of £33 per annum for males and £24 for females (the maximum allowed by the scale in each case), with the usual emoluments. [11th November, 1901, vol. II., p. 184.] (13.) Visitation by Children at Rochester House. Thab in view of the inadequate isolation accommodation at Rochester House, visits to Rochester House by children under 16 years of age be not permitted, unless special permission is obtained beforehand from the head schoolmistress and matron, and that instructions be issued accordingly. [25th November, 1901, vol. II., p. 192.] (14.) Vaccination of Officials. That the Managers be advised to make it a condition of service at their imbecile asylums that all new officials and servants must be vaccinated or re-vaccinated if the respective medical superintendents should so order. [9th December, 1901, vol. II., p. 204.] [The Managers adopted the recommendation.]