General rules for the management of the London County lunatic asylums.

Date:
[1904]
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: General rules for the management of the London County lunatic asylums. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2. He shall not be employed or engaged in any trade or business, or bold any other place or employment whatsoever unconnected with bis office. 8. He shall in no way interfere, except at the request of the Sub-Committee of the Asylum, with the duties of the present Engineer of Hanwell Asylum (Mr. Martin), and this officer shall continue to discharge his duties as Resident Engineer, but upon the retirement of this officer he shall occupy his position without any augmentation of salary on that account, and shall, if requested by the Sub-Committee of the Asylum, advise them on matters connected with his department. 4. He shall have the supervision of and be responsible for the charge of the boilers, steam engines, gas lighting, electric lighting, other electrical works, water works, and all machinery, including the sewage and heating and ventilating apparatus : he shall also superintend the repairs of the buildings and works and shall advise the various Sub-Committees on all engineering and building matters (except when and where a special architect is engaged), and shall prepare all estimates, plans and specifica- tions in connection therewith. Whilst at any Asylum the workmen and labourers shall be under his control and direction, but for the purpose of supervision and discipline such workmen and labourers shall be considered to be in the Steward’s Department, and shall be subject to the directions of that officer in the absence of the Engineer. 5. He shall have authority to execute all necessary and ordinary repairs which are immediately essential to the upkeep of the fabric and plant, and it shall be his duty to keep the Asylum Sub-Committee from time to time informed of such works. 6. He shall, before executing any other contemplated repair, report to the Asylum Sub-Committee and obtain their special sanction thereto, submitting, where possible, an approximate estimate of the cost, provided that no repair the cost of which exceeds £100, can be ordered by the Sub- Committee, unless the order is approved and signed by at least three of the members at a meeting of the Sub-Committee duly summoned upon notice that the proposed expenditure is to be considered thereat. Provided also in the case of any repair being urgent and it not being possible to first obtain the Sub- Committee’s order the Engineer shall not be prevented from carrying out the same with dispatch, but he shall in such case report the facts at the next meeting of the Asylum Sub- Committee, stating the reasons for urgency and asking for the Sub-Committee’s approval thereto.