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Salary of the Matron
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it will be more for the Benefit of the foul Patients that their
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Flannels for Salivating be provided at the Expence of the
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Hospital and not of the Matron as has been usual And that
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in Consideration of the Profits arising from them & instead
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of teh present Salary of £10.4 P Ann and £19.1.4 Board
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Wages She be allowd for the future a Salary of £60 a Year.
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We have likewise drawn up some Rules for the Conduct of
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the Matron which we think will greatly promote the Service
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of the HospitalAnd which are as follows Vizt.
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Duty of the Matron
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The must receive into Her Custody & Keeping all the Stores of
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Linnen and Woollen that are made use of in this Hospital
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examine and see that the Contents are exact with the Bills
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of Parcells that come with them & if found Right She must
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Sign such Bills of Parcells and deliver such Bills of Parcells
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to the Steward but if She discover any want of guantity She
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must give Notice thereof to the Steward that proper allowance
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be made.
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She must keep an account (in a Book for that purpose) of all
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the goods that come into her Custody with the Dates when
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receiv'd and also the guantity's when & to whom they are dele-
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ver'd Out.
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She must examine the Sheets in the several Wards & such as
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grow thin in the middle order that they be turned and when
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unfit for any further Service to take them away & deliver new
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in their Room placing in her Account the Receipt & Delivery
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of such Streets & the Respective Wards when & to whom such
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Delivery was made
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Shemust take care that every Ward be furnished with a sufficient
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quantity of Rdlers, Bolsters etc. for the use of the Surgeons Patients
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and often examine the Nurses and see in what manner they
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keep them to prevent their beeing wasted for these purposes the
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old streets are to be broken use and placed to the Respective
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Wards Account of old Linnen
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She must (if she break up any new Linnen for the purposes above)
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place the number of Ells of such delivery to the respective Wards
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in her Account but nonlio Linnen to be us'd for this purpose if
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old can be had
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She must take care that no Ruggs Blankets Beds Bolstons or
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Curtains be laid a side as
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till she have well examin'd
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them and such as by minding may be made fit for further Services
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she must give orders that may be so mended accordingly
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