Regulations for Army medical services / War Office.

Date:
1894
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Credit: Regulations for Army medical services / War Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Section II. Hospital Establishments. Fresh disease supervening. Number of patients attended* Invalids from abroad; admitted, the case will be entered as discharged other* wise, and he will be re-admitted for the other disease, both in the Weekly Return and in the Admission and Discharge Book. 591. Should another disease supervene upon that for which a man is admitted, the original case will be shown in the column for discharged otherwise, and a fresh admission for the new disease will be made both in the return and in the Admission and Discharge Book. Every such instance will be noticed in the remarks on page 4 of the Weekly Return. 592. The number of patients attended by each medical officer doing duty in a hospital will be shown in the Weekly Return. 593. Invalids arriving from stations abroad will not be shown in the Weekly Return of the hospital in which they are treated, and the records of their sickness will be kept distinct (see paragraphs 273 and 381) from those of troops serving at home. A separate Weekly Return, headed Invalids from Abroad, will be furnished for them, and they will be considered as invalids until they are disposed of in one of the following ways :— By return to duty as effective men ; By discharge from the service ; By death. Invalids sent on sick furlough will, on their return, be included among the invalids from abroad at the station until they are finally disposed of. Invalids on their way home, who may be landed at any station abroad for treatment, will be similarly accounted for. 594. The statistics of the sickness of pensioners, and of officers, warrant officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the Militia, Yeomanry, Volunteers, Royal Marines, Seamen of the Royal Navy, or others, who may be under treatment in a military hospital, will not be included with those of regular troops (see paragraphs 273 and 381), but will be shown in the special table on page 4 of the weekly return. If the warrant officers, non-commissioned officers,, or men exceed thirty in number, a separate weekly return, on Army Form A 31, will be rendered, the heading of the return beinc; altered accordingly. on sick furlough; landed at stations abroad. Men not of the Regular Forces. Annual lieturn. III.—ANNUAL RETURNS. 595. Every medical officer in charge of a hospital {except hospitals for soldiers' wives and children, hospi- tals on board ship conveying troops and hospitals in the field), on the 31st of December in each year, will furnish