St Thomas's Hospital:
Minutes of the Court of Governors
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7th July 1736 - 12th May 1784

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No Patient to Lye
at of the House
without Licence


21. Item That no Patient shall stay out of the House after Seven
of the Clock at Night in Winter, and Eight in Summer, without
Special Licence from the Steward on pair of Expulsion

The Steward to
take an Accot. of the
Number of Patients


22. Item That the Steward do Examine daily and take an exact
Account of the Number of Patients in every Ward, distinguishing
how many are upon the House Diet, or the two Penny or four
Penny Score in each Ward, And if any false Accounts shall be
given of the Number of such Patients, the Persons offending
therein, shall be dismissed from the Service of this Hospital

None continued
after presented Out


23. Item That no Patient be kept in the House after Presented out
on pair of Expulsion fot the Sister of the Ward where such Patient
shall be kept, without Leave from the Treasurer or Steward

None kept more the
Week without
Physick


24. Item That no Patient be kept in the House, to whom Physick
or Surgery is not Administred within a week after Admittance on
pain of Expulsion of the Sister that so keeps them without giving
notice to the Treasurer or Steward.

[..] Patient to Eat
[..] Drink Wine
[..] Brandy but as
Directed by that
Proposals or Surgeon


25. Item That no Patient Eat any Meat, or Drink any Wine, Brandy
or Strong Ale, or Strong Beer, or other Drink, but what shall be
Directed or Allowed by the Physician or Surgeon under whose
Care such Patient shall be. And that the Sister take expecial care
that this be Observed

Old Streets


26 Item That all the Old Sheets after they are Past Service for Beds
be wash'd Clean, and Delivered to the Matron, to be by her delivered
to the Surgeon, for the use of the Poor.

Officers not to
Lodgs abroad


27. Item That the Hospitaler, Steward, Apothecary, Matron, Butler
Cook and Portes, shall Reside in this Hospital in the Houses or
Appartments Respectively provided for them, And shall not Lodge
out of the Hospital without Leave of the Treasurer, nor Employ
any Nurse, Watch or Patient about any but the House Business

About Foul Disease


28. Item That Patients admitted into this House who have the
Foul Disease shall not go into any of the Clean Wards, Officers
House or Chapel. And if any Patient have the foul Disease, Shall
knowingly or wilfully conceal the same at the time of taking-in,
and shall be placed in a cleam Ward, every such Patient when
Discovered shall be immediately Discharged the House

None admitted
Servants above
50 Years of Age


29. Item That no Officer or Servant, Man or Woman shall be admit-
ted for the Future, who shall be above fifty Years of Age or shall
be of an Unhealthy Constitution.




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