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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    Medicines and Medical Materials. Section III. double entry on a debtor and creditor principle, receipts and issues being shown opposite each other. The contents of the store must invariably be included in each half- yearly return of medicines, &c, rendered. 661. On the 1st October in each year a report Annual will be transmitted to the Director-General on all report on supplies of medicines received during the past twelve medicines« months. Any objections, therefore, as to the age, adulteration, or chemical defects of the medicines will be noted from time to time, that the report may be fully substantiated. 662. On home service, all empty bottles and packages Disposal of in which supplies of medical stores have been received, empty will be carefully preserved from damage, and such as will b0les an(l not probably be wanted for further hospital use will homeageS °a as soon as convenient after the receipt of any half yearly service. or intermediate supply, be carefully packed and forwarded to the contractor for the supply of medicines, etc., car- riage unpaid, each package distinctly marked on the outside, Returned empties from the Station Hospital at A carrier's note, Army Form G 980, must be given to the carman who collects the packages, and he should be informed that the carriage will not be paid by the contractor, unless this Form is produced. An invoice detailing what has been sent must be forwarded by post to the contractor as soon as the packages have been col- lected, a duplicate being at the same time forwarded to the Director-General. 663. On service abroad, sales of empty bottles, on service packages, and other articles will be made under the orders abroad, of the Principal Medical Officer at each station, annually, or more freauently if deemed expedient, and the proceeds of such sales will be immediately paid to the district pay- master, and duly reported by the Principal Medical Officer to the Director-General. 664. Charges for carriage of Medical and Surgical Char egfor Stores at home (except for consignments from Woolwich, carriage, or when otherwise provided by contract or special arrange- ment) will be paid to the carriers on delivery by Medical Officers in charge of station hospitals, &c, on the pro- duction of a carrier's note properly filled in (Army Form G 980). For this purpose medical officers may, if necessary, obtain an imprest from the District Paymaster. These charges will be entered on Army Form P 1911, which must be duly certified by the medical officer receiving the stores, and forwarded to the Army Service Corps Officer in charge of transport at the station, or for