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

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is now paid, to 11s/6d. and that those who choose to take away the
Bodies instead of paying 5s/-(which is now paid for Notices,
Stripping, and Bearers,) shall only pay 6d. for Notice of their
Deaths (if necessary) and 1s/ for the Bearers incase they do
not find proper Persons to do it themselves.

Expences for Neces
sary taken off.


That the sixpences paid for Necessarys be taken
off and that the Hospital be at the charge of washing the Sheets.

Resolved

That it is Our Opinion that for the Reasons.
mentioned in the above Proposal, no further Reduction ought
at present to be made of the Expences relating to the Patients
admitted into this Hospital.

Election of Officers Etc
to be by Ballott.


We do Recommend to this Court that all future
Elections of Officers of this Hospital by this Court, And all
Nominations of Clerks to Livings when there are two or more
Candidates be by one General Ballott and that such Candidate
as shall have the Majority on such Ballott be declared duly
Elected.and that all Questions relating to such Election be likewise
Determined by Ballott if Desired by any one Governor.

It being represented to Us that it is very inconvenient
to the Servants of the House and Prejudicial to the Patients for
the Surgeons Pupils or Dresses to be in the Wards after one o'Clock

No Surgeons Pupil
or Dresser to be in the
Wards after one.


We have Order'd that for the future no Surgeons Pupil
or Dresser be in the Wards after one o'Clock except in case of
Accidents or any extraordinary Operation.

We have Order'd Green Staves to be sent to the
following Noblemen and Gentleman as proper Persons to be
Governors of this Hospitals Vizt.

The Rt. Honble. the Marquiss of Rockingham
The Rt. Honble. the Earl. Temple. Lord Privy Seal
The Rt. Honble . William Pitt< no role > , Esqr . one of His
Majesty's Secretarys of State
The Rt. Honble . Henry Bilson Legge< no role > , Esqr .
Chanceller of the Exchequer .
The Rt. Honble Henry Fox< no role > , Esqr . Paymaster Genl .
The Rt. Honble . George Grenville< no role > , Esqr . Treasurer
of the Navy




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