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Regulations for Visits to Patients, Discharge
from Hospital, &c.
Patients may be visited on Wednesday and Sunday afternoons
between the hours of 3 and 4 p.m.
Not more than one person may visit each patient in an afternoon,
and the duration of each visit shall not exceed 15 minutes.
In no case may children be brought to the Hospital by
visitors.
Articles of food, sweets, fruit, etc., brought by relatives are to
be left with the Porter at the gate, and will not be given to
patients unless considered suitable.
Visits of enquiry, and visits made for the purpose of bringing
clothes, are to be made between the hours of 9 and 10 a.m. or 6
and 7 p.m.
All clothes brought for the use of patients must be plainly
marked with the name of the person for whom they are
intended.
Relatives who desire to see the Medical Superintendent should
attend the Hospital at 1 p.m.
In special circumstances only, relatives may be admitted to
the Wards, on the order of the Medical Superintendent.
Persons thus visiting the Wards, do so at their own risk.
They are advised in all cases to partake of food before entering the
Hospital, and must leave their hats and outer garments in the
visitors' room at the Porter's Lodge. They will be provided with
a gown to wear in the Wards, and are advised not to touch, or
come in contact with the patients visited.
They will be required, on leaving, to wash with disinfectant
provided and are advised to change their clothes on returning
home before mixing with other persons.