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<p n="3881">Thursday <rs type="date" id="BBBRMG20205_date390">6th. May 1736</rs>
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<p n="3882"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">of the Matron</note>
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The Care duty and Trust of the Matron of Bethlem Hospital<lb></lb>
To attend and assist at Bathing and Bleeding the Women<lb></lb>
To look after the Maids and see that they do their duty</p>
<p n="3883"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">of the Nurse</note>
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The Care duty and Trust of the nurse of Bethlem Hospital<lb></lb>
To attend carefully on the Patients especially when Weak<lb></lb>
To give an account to the Doctor of the Condition of each Patient<lb></lb>
To administer the Medicienes Presented<lb></lb>
To Shift the Women both curable and Incurable once a Week</p>
<p n="3884"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">of the Baskettmen</note>
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The Care duty and Trust of the Three Baskettmen of<lb></lb>
Bethlem Hospital</p>
<p n="3885">Two are Cutt the Bread Butter and Cheese by Turns the other<lb></lb>
to take care of the Beer</p>
<p n="3886">All to distribute the Provisions & Beer to the Patients<lb></lb>
To clean the Cells Gallery Chequer and Stairs on the Mens End<lb></lb>
To Shift the Men Patients once a Week<lb></lb>
To attend on the Committees</p>
<p n="3887">To go on Messages and with Letters as Ordered by the Comittee<lb></lb>
Treasurer Clerk or Steward</p>
<p n="3888">To attend and assist the Men patients at Bathing Bleeding<lb></lb>
Shaveing and taking their Medicines</p>
<p n="3889">To take care of the Keys of the Gates after Ringing the Bell by<lb></lb>
Turns and on every Sunday and after Ten in the Summer and nine<lb></lb>
in the Winter every night to deliver the Keys to the Porter</p>
<p n="3890"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">of the Cook</note>
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The Care duty and rust of the Cook of Bethlem Hospital</p>
<p n="3891">To dress all the meat, Boil all the Pottage, Milk, Gruell<lb></lb>
Frumenty and rice Milk<lb></lb>
To cutt out the Meat on sundays<lb></lb>
To Clean the Coppers, Kitchen and Scullerys</p>
<p n="3892"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">of the Gallery Maids</note>
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The care duty and Trust of the Gallery Maids of Bethlem Hospital<lb></lb>
To distribute the Provisions to the Women Patients<lb></lb>
To help to Wash and Iron the <rs type="occupation" id="BBBRMG20205_occ6587">Linnen of all the Patitnets</rs>
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To clean the bells Gallery Chequer and stairs of the womensend<lb></lb>
also the Committee Rooms and the stairs and other parts in the Middle<lb></lb>
of the Hense</p>
<p n="3893"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Matron Comee to inquire<lb></lb>
into her office & salary}</note>
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Ordered that it be referred to the Committee to inquire into the<lb></lb>
duty of the office of Matron of <rs type="placeName" id="BBBRMG20205_geo2012">Bridewell</rs>
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and what are her salary & Perquisites to<lb></lb>
report to the Court their opinion whether the same be adequate to the Security.</p>
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