Continued Thursday 20th. June 1765

That he shall Suffer no Strong Beer or other Liquors to be brought in for the
Patients on any Account but thro' the Stewards Apartment

That he shall Conform to a very good Rule made long ago but now much
Neglected not to Suffer Prentice Boys Idle Girls and Jews on a Saturday to Stay
long in the House and loiter away their Time, and shall turn them out if they behave
improperty

As to the Office of Matron

The Office and Duty
of the Matron of
Bethlem Hospital

It is the Opinion of this Committee to allow Mrs. Hedges the Present Matron
her Salary of Ten Pounds a Year during her Life pursuant to her request Provided
she quiet her Office and Appartment Directly

And the Committee further find that the Duty and Office of a Matron have been and
is as follows

To Attend and Assist at Bathing and Bleeding the Women
To look after the Maids and See that they do their Duty

And We are of Opinion that the following regulations and alterations should be
made in the Office of Matron (that into say)

It is the Opinion of this Committee That as the Duty of the Matron (as
Settled by an Order of Court Dated the 6th. May 1736) is only to Attend and Assist at
Bathing and Bleeding the Women and look after the Maids and See that they do
their Duty, That the Office of Matron and Nurse on the next Vacancy of Matron be
United

That she shall be absolute Mistress of Hiring the Gallery Maids who shall be Approved
of by the Committee and of Discharging them with the Consent of the same when ever she
finds them negligent in their Dirtys wanting in Care or otherwise Misbehaving towards the Patients

That she shall go round the House every Day on the Womans side before Ten
o'Clock but on Tuesday before Nine to see that the Patients are regularly Shifted and Sheeted
as they ought to be

That she shall receive the Linen and other necessaries brought in with the Patients
by their Friends and shall deliver them to the Gallery Maid under whose care the
Patient is put who shall keep an Account in Writing that they may be delivered up
when the Patient is Discharged, or if Torn that the Pieces may be returned to shew that
they have not been purloined

That she shall take an Account of the Linen before it goes to the Wash, and see
that what ought to be is returned According to the Account taken

That she shall go down into the Laundry on Wednesday to Observe the Washer
Women, and to see Whether the Linen belonging to the Patients be Boiled a sit ought to be
and Washed in proper Suds

That she shall go into the Store Room in the Winter time by Eight o'Clock to see
that the fire is lighted and shall then Order the Patients proper for that place to be
Carried there as soon as they Conveniently can, and shall Complain to the Steward if she
finds the Gallery Maids or the Basket men negligent therein

That she shall see that the Patients in general are taken Care of and kept as
Clean as their Complaints will Allow And that each of the Patients as are low Spirited
or Inclinable to be Mopish be Oblidged to get up and that they to Turned out of their Cells, the
Doors Locked, that they may not Creep back again to their Beds

That she shall take Particular care of the Sick, and See that they are Moved into
the Infirmary if Judged Necessary by the Physician and there taken care of

That she shall take Particular Care that such of the Women Patients as an Lew [..]
Given be Confirmed to their Cells and no persons Suffered to come to them but in Company with
one of the Gallery Mouds

That she shall Acquaint the Physician when ever any of the Patients (without
Particular Sickness) take to their Beds

That she shall Distribute the Patients in their proper Cells that each Gallery
Maid may have a proper Number of such hands as an fit for Work to Assistance