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 1869 ; management, history, annual statement, accounts, meteorological report, rules and regulations, list of subscriptions and benefactions &c., and a copy of conveyance of hospital from the Duke of Devonshire to the trustees.

  • Devonshire Royal Hospital (Buxton, Derbyshire, England)
Date:
1870
Catalogue details

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 1869 ; management, history, annual statement, accounts, meteorological report, rules and regulations, list of subscriptions and benefactions &c., and a copy of conveyance of hospital 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.

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    37. —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 occu- pation of a chemist and druggist. Chaplain, 38. —A clergyman of the Church of England shall be appointed by the Committee of Management as Chaplain, on such terms as they may determine. 39. —He shall read prayers 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 keep a journal in which he shall record 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 Master and Matron. 43. —They shall be appointed by the Committee of Management. 44. —The Master and Matron shall be responsible for the good and orderly management of the Hospital and premises, and see that the domestic affairs of the Institution are conducted with the greatest possible attention to regularity, cleanliness, and economy. They shall devote their whole time and attention to the business of the Hospital, and shall not both absent themselves from the Hospital except by the authority of the House Committee. 45. —They shall hire all nurses and servants, under the direction of the House Committee, subject to a month's notice on either side. 46. —They shall take care of all household goods, linen, and furniture ; keep a correct inventory for production when required by any meeting of the Committee of Management or House Committee; and shall see that all the linen be marked with the words Devonshire Hospital, and be numbered progressively according to the several classes. 47. —They shall take care of all the keys of the Hospital, and 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 Michaelmas to Lady Day ; and from eight in the evening until six in the morning, from Lady Day to Michaelmas. The keys of all the outer doors of the basement story shall be always kept by the Master and Matron. 48. —They 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 showing to what doors the keys belong. 49. —They shall purchase such provisions and stores as the Committee of Management shall direct, and shall see that their quality be good, They shall weigh or measure the whole as they are received, and enter them in a receiving- book with exact particulars of their weight or measure. They shall keep them under their own care, and deliver only such a quantity at a time as shall enable them to know that it is consumed at the Hospital; and they shall not permit any- thing belonging to the Charity to be sold or disposed of, without the knowledge of the Committee of Management.