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<p n="1228"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Salary of the Matron</note>
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it will be more for the Benefit of the foul Patients that their<lb></lb>
Flannels for Salivating be provided at the Expence of the<lb></lb>
Hospital and not of the Matron as has been usual And that<lb></lb>
in Consideration of the Profits arising from them & instead<lb></lb>
of teh present Salary of £10.4 P Ann and £19.1.4 Board<lb></lb>
Wages She be allowd for the future a Salary of £60 a Year.<lb></lb>
We have likewise drawn up some Rules for the Conduct of<lb></lb>
the Matron which we think will greatly promote the Service <lb></lb>
of the HospitalAnd which are as follows Vizt.</p>
<p n="1229"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Duty of the Matron</note>
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The must receive into Her Custody & Keeping all the Stores of<lb></lb>
Linnen and Woollen that are made use of in this Hospital<lb></lb>
examine and see that the Contents are exact with the Bills<lb></lb>
of Parcells that come with them & if found Right She must<lb></lb>
Sign such Bills of Parcells and deliver such Bills of Parcells<lb></lb>
to the Steward but if She discover any want of guantity She<lb></lb>
must give Notice thereof to the Steward that proper allowance<lb></lb>
be made.</p>
<p n="1230"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">2</note>
She must keep an account (in a Book for that purpose) of all<lb></lb>
the goods that come into her Custody with the Dates when<lb></lb>
receiv'd and also the guantity's when & to whom they are dele-<lb></lb>
ver'd Out.</p>
<p n="1231"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">3</note>
She must examine the Sheets in the several Wards & such as<lb></lb>
grow thin in the middle order that they be turned and when<lb></lb>
unfit for any further Service to take them away & deliver new<lb></lb>
in their Room placing in her Account the Receipt & Delivery<lb></lb>
of such Streets & the Respective Wards when & to whom such<lb></lb>
Delivery was made</p>
<p n="1232"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">4</note>
Shemust take care that every Ward be furnished with a sufficient<lb></lb>
quantity of Rdlers, Bolsters etc. for the use of the Surgeons Patients<lb></lb>
and often examine the Nurses and see in what manner they<lb></lb>
keep them to prevent their beeing wasted for these purposes the<lb></lb>
old streets are to be broken use and placed to the Respective<lb></lb>
Wards Account of old Linnen</p>
<p n="1233"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">5</note>
She must (if she break up any new Linnen for the purposes above)<lb></lb>
place the number of Ells of such delivery to the respective Wards<lb></lb>
in her Account but nonlio Linnen to be us'd for this purpose if<lb></lb>
old can be had</p>
<p n="1234"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">6</note>
She must take care that no Ruggs Blankets Beds Bolstons or<lb></lb>
Curtains be laid a side as<obscured></obscured>
till she have well examin'd<lb></lb>
them and such as by minding may be made fit for further Services<lb></lb>
she must give orders that may be so mended accordingly</p>
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