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60 Parish of St. George the Martyr, Southwark.
Regulations as to Furnishing Information Relative
to the Condition of Patients, and as to the
Visiting of Patients.
Information as to Condition of Patients:—
2. Upon the admission of a patient, a letter will be sent to the nearest known
relative or friend, setting forth the state of the patient. Should any serious
change for the worse take place, a letter will be sent daily to the relative
or friend, stating how the patient is progressing, which letter will be continued
until the patient is in such a condition as to render further communications
unnecessary; but should the patient become dangerously ill,
notice will be sent to the nearest known relative or intimate friend, with an
intimation that the patient may be visited; and, at the discretion of the
Medical Superintendent, arrangements may be made for the conveyance of
the visitor to and from the hospital.
3. Enquiries as to the condition of patients must be made in writing to the
Medical Superintendent, who will reply by return of post. It is very
undesirable that friends of patients should personally make enquiries at the
hospital.
Visiting:—
4. The visiting of patients is limited to the nearest relatives and intimate friends
of patients dangerously ill. One visit only will be allowed daily to each
patient. Visits, which will not be allowed xoithout the permission of the
Medical Superintendent, are, as a rule, to be limited in duration to a
quarter of an hour. In urgent and special cases, however, the Medical
Superintendent is empowered to increase the number of visitors to two, and
to extend the duration of the visit.
5. Visitors are warned that they run great risk in entering the hospitals. They
are advised not to go into the wards of the small-pox hospitals without
having been properly re-vaccinated, and if they reside where the case visited
occurred, are earnestly requested to urge the remainder of the occupiers of
such house to call at once on the Public Vaccinator (whose address can be
obtained from any of the parish officers) for the purpose of being vaccinated.
6. Visitors are further advised not to enter the wards in any of the hospitals
when in a weak state of health or in an exhausted condition, but to partake
of a good meal before entering the hospital. They will be required when
in the wards to carefully avoid touching the patient, or exposing themselves
to his breath, or to the emanations from his skin; and will not be permitted
to sit on the bed or handle the bed-clothes, but will be allowed to sit on a
chair at the bedside at some little distance from the patient.
7. Visitors will also be required to wear a wrapper (to be provided by the Board)
to cover their dress when in the wards, and to wash their hands and faces
with carbolic soap and water before leaving the hospital, or to use such other
mode of disinfection as may be directed by the Medical Superintendent.
8. Visitors are strongly urged not to enter any omnibus, tramcar, or other public
conveyance, immediately after leaving the hospital.