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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    such book shall be laid before the Sub-Committee at every meeting. 7. He shall keep an account of all stores, materials and articles that he may have under his charge, which shall be presented to the Sub-Committee at each meeting, and shall prepare a summarised statement thereof after stock-taking on the 31st March in each year, and present same to the Sub- Committee at their first meeting after such date. 8. He shall keep a diary in which he shall record the prin- cipal features of his day’s work, his absence during business hours and the reasons for same. 9. In the event of any question in connection with the engines or boilers, &c., arising at the Asylum, which he may require to be advised upon, he shall obtain the permission of the Sub-Committee to consult the Asylums Engineer. PATHOLOGIST. 1. The Pathologist for the time being of the London County Asylums shall be styled “ Director of the Pathological Laboratory.” 2. He shall conduct researches in the Pathology of Insanity in all its bearings, make examinations of the Pathological material of the London County Asylums to which he shall have access. Such researches may be made in conjunction with any of the Medical Officers of the London County Asylums or other persons authorised by the Asylums Committee to work in the Pathological Laboratory. 3. He shall attend daily at the Laboratory, specially provided at the Claybury Asylum, unless his duties require his attendance elsewhere, and he shall keep a diary of his attendance and work which shall be submitted to the Asylums Committee. 4. He shall report in writing from time to time and shall publish, if directed and in such manner as may be prescribed, the various researches in which he has been engaged and also those which others may have carried out under his guidance. 5. He shall, subject to the Committee’s directions, have supreme and sole charge and control of the Laboratory and Museum at Claybury, for the care and custody of which he shall be held responsible, and no other person whatsoever shall be entitled to the possession of the keys of this building without his express sanction and permission.