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Barnes 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]

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The Urban District Council of Barnes.
Isolation Hospital,
South Worple Way
Mortlake, S.W.
Rules for the Admission of Patients.
(1). The Hospital is provided for the use of those inhabitants
of the Urban District of Barnes who may be suffering from any
infectious disease except Smallpox.
(2). No person, other than a member or authorised officer of
the Council, shall be allowed to enter the grounds without a written
permit from the Council or Medical Superintendent of the
Hospital.
(3). No person shall be admitted to the Wards of the Hospital
without the permission of the Medical Superintendent, and every
person so admitted shall conform to the regulations of the Hospital.
(4). The Medical Superintendent may set apart any Ward,
not for the time being required for ordinary patients, as a private
ward at a charge of two guineas per bed per week.
(5). A charge for admission to the Hospital will be made in
the case of persons not belonging to the district who may be
temporarily resident therein, such person being admitted to a
private Ward at the rate above prescribed, or (if admitted) to an
ordinary Ward, at such rate as the Sanitary Committee shall,
according to the circumstances, determine.
(6). No charge will be made except in the case of persons
admitted under rules 4 and 5, or on the request of the Guardians
or their officers.