Regulations for the medical services of the army, 1932 / War Office.

Date:
1932
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Credit: Regulations for the medical services of the army, 1932 / War Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    a and utensils, sypplemented in special cases by such hospital equipment as may be considered necessary by the D.D.M.S. 332. Equipment, charge of, when civilian medical practitioner is employed .—When the above accommodation is placed in charge of a civilian medical practitioner, the D.D.M.S. will, if hospital equipment is considered necessary, direct a quarter-master to draw such equipment from the officer in charge of barracks, and place it in the care of the N.C.O. of the R.A.M.C. performing the duties of wardmaster and steward, who will endorse the abstract of inventories. 333. Barrack equipment—how heid.—Where barrack equipment only is used, a N.C.O. of the R.A.M.C. will not, as a rule, be attached, and application will be made to the O.C. the unit to which the sick belong— (a2) for a N.C.O. to take charge of the equipment which will be held and accounted for by the O.C. the unit, and (6) for such other soldiers as may be required. 334. Rations.—The ordinary ration will, when necessary, be supplemented as authorized by Allowance Regulations. 335. Hospital charges.—Hospital charges for extras only, and for the days only on which such have been issued, will be prepared on A.F. O 1643, and will be charged as laid down in the Allowance Regulations. 336. Medicines and surgical materials.—Medicines and surgical materials will be supplied on indent by the O.C. the military hospital, except where civil medical practitioners in charge supply their own medicines and surgical materials at capitation or other rates. 337. Camp hospital equipment.—The scales of camp hospital equipment for units of the Regular Army, Supple- mentary Reserve and Territorial Army training at stations where no military hospital is available are laid down in Equipment Regulations. 338. Statistics.—In all cases the statistics will be rendered as laid down in para. 538. Mirirary Famities’ HospiraLs 339. Organization.—These hospitals are established for the reception of cases of parturition and general disease among the families of soldiers on the married quarters roll, and, except as directed below, are organized, administered, and equipped as military hospitals generally, the stores, equip- - ment, supplies, and diets being similarly accounted for.