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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, The Vestry of the Parish of St. George the Martyr]
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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 Conditions 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. Enquires as to the conditions 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.
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 without 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.
Visiting:—
Return of Registered Common Lodging Houses in the Parish of St. George's, Southwark, within the Jurisdiction of the London County Council.
(c.h.) signifies Coffee House.
Reg. No. | Date when registered. | Name. | Street or Place. | Authorized No. of Lodgers | Date of Approval. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
5463 | 16th Dec., 1882 | James Hogan | 61, Borough-road | 68 | 24th Nov., 1882 |
5492 | 16th June, 1883 | Demo Constantine | 14, Great Suffolk-street (c.h.) | 15 | 5th June, 1883 |
5363 | 30the Nov., 1889 | Harriet Childes | 2, Marcia-road | 7 | 21st Oct., 1889 |
5366 | 1st Oct., 1881 | Henry Levy | 12, Lombard-street | 76 | 20th Dec., 1881 |
5376 | 5th Nov., 1881 | Henry Levy | 13, Lombard-street | 16 | 25th Oct., 1881 |
5222 | 21st Feb., 1880 | William Wade | 115, Tabard-street | 20 | 14th Feb., 1880 |
243 | 27th July, 1872 | Arthur Ford | 7, Dorritt-street (late Duke street | 15 | 12th July, 1872 |
261 | 20th Nov., 1888 | William Longdon | 15, Falcon-court | 45 | 12th Nov., 1888 |
264 | 27th July, 1872 | Arthur Ford | 8, Dorritt-street (late Duke-street) | 36 | 12th July, 1872 |
297 | 27th July, 1872 | Arthur Ford | 83, Mint-street | 31 | 5th June, 1872 |
3094 | 30th Sept., 1863 | Lewis Levy | 1, 2, & 3, Disney-street | 86 | 25th Aug., 1863 |
4386 | 31st May, 1872 | Lewis Levy | 12, Marshalsea-road (late 14, Mint-street) (house in yard) | 119 | 8th May, 1872 |
4900 | 25th Nov., 1876 | George Morley | 112. Southewark-bridge-road | 161 | 20th Nov., 1876 |
152 | 21st Nov., 1874 | Ann Elizabeth Willis | 2, Quilp-street (late 2, Queen-street) (house in rear) | 92 | 13th Nov., 1874 |
26 | 1st Jan., 1887 | Thomas Hunter | Farmhouse, Harrow-street, Mint (house in yard) | 81 | |
5572 | 29th Nov., 1893 | James Hogan | 64, Borough-road | 36 | 2nd Nov., 1883 |
5657 | 12th Aug., 1884 | Henry Levy | 56, Newington-causeway (house in rear) | 44 | 17th July, 1884 |
5680 | 22nd Dec., 1884 | Henry Levy | 14, Lombard-street | 6 | 24th Nov., 1884 |
5762 | 30th Jan., 1886 | Henry Levy | 95, Mint-street | 10 | 22nd Jan., 1886 |
5763 | 30th Jan., 1886 | Henry Levy | 97, Mint-street | 12 | 22nd Jan., 1886 |
6171 | 27th Oct., 1894 | Dennis Lineham | 20, Falcon-court | 16 | 24th Oct., 1894 |
5182 | 20th Oct., 1894 | R. L. F. Brettingham | Red Cross Chambers, Red Cross-square | 70 | 15th Oct., 1894 |
5238 | 5th Sept., 1885 | Frederick Allen | 12, Gray-street & 14 | 95 | 28th Aug., 1885 |
5938 | 19th July, 1888 | Thomas Moore | 1, Surrey-buildings, East-street | 30 | 11th July, 1888 |
5993 | 26th March, 1889 | Robert Levy | 131, Great Suffolk-street | 87 | 22nd March, 1888 |
5952 | 14th March, 1890 | James Cavender | 210, High-street, Borough | 33 | 22nd Feb., 1890 |
5897 | 9th April, 1888 | Henry Levy | 99, Mint-street | 49 | 2nd March, 1888 |
5896 | 3rd March, 1888 | Henry Levy | 101, Mint-street | 12 | 2nd March, 1889 |
5879 | 4th Feb., 1888 | William Wade | 113, Tabard-street | 17 | 30th Jan., 1888 |
5843 | 14th March, 1890 | James Cavender | 212, High-street, Borough (house in rear) | 142 | 22nd Feb., 1890 |