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

Date:
[1904]
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Credit: General rules for the management of the London County lunatic asylums. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    relating to the accounts of County Councils and their officers, and to the audit of such accounts, shall apply to the accounts of each Asylum and of the Sub-Committee and officers thereof. 12. Each Sub-Committee shall exercise strict control over the articles recommended by officers for condemnation and shall exercise their discretion as to how such control shall be carried out. 18. The powers and duties of each Sub-Committee shall be further subject to any variation or alteration as may from time to time be determined upon by the Asylums Committee. ASYLUM OFFICERS. CLERK TO THE COMMITTEE. I 1. The Asylums Committee shall in accordance with Sec. Lunacy Act, 176(1)of the Lunacy Act, 1890, appoint a Clerk who shall also be 1890>Sec-176<0 Clerk of the Sub-Committees. He shall be the chief adminis- trative official of the Asylums Committee and shall be allowed such clerical staff as the Committee from time to time think necessary and appoint to carry out the duties pertaining to his office. 2. He shall summon all meetings of the Committee and Sub-Committees, attend in person, or by his deputy, such meetings, prepare Agenda Papers, take Minutes of Proceedings, conduct correspondence, prepare Reports and Contracts, and execute generally all such matters and duties as are prescribed by the Statute, and as may be directed by the Committee. 3. He shall make enquiries as to the means of patients admitted to the Asylums under Sections 13 and.16 of the Lunacy Act 1890, and decide as to their proper classification, reporting his action at each meeting of the Asylums Committee. 4. He shall deal with all applications for the reception of private patients at the London Asylums and obtain suitable undertakings for the payment of their maintenance, and in con- nection therewith he shall be empowered to take steps for the recovery of any sums which may become due for a patient’s maintenance. 5. He shall be empowered to sign on behalf of the Com- mittee acceptances of tenders for stores and all contracts or