RECOMMEND
or
as a proper person, both as to circumstances and character, to receive the benefit of the Cbarity ; if upon examination she sball appear sucli, I rcquest lhat sbe may be received into the Hospital.
Dated the day of 18
Subscriber.
IN PATIENTS are desired to take noiice of the following Rules :
I. Tliis Lelter must be presentcd at the Hospital, on the Board Day (Tliursday) , by
Twelvc o’clock.
II. It being necessary for the Patients before admission into this Hospital, to make affida-
vit of thcir Marriage, and of lheir Ilusband’s Parish or Place of last legal seulement, and how such seulement was obtaincd, each Patient is desired to obtain the parti— culars thereof, and to produce lier Marriage Certificate.
III. Patients who do not corne clean in tlieir Persons and Apparel, and free from any
contagious distemper, cannot be admitted into the Hospital, and every Patient must bring proper Clolliing for dressing lier child when sbe leaves the Hospital.
IV. Patients who sball not corne into the Hospital within three months after tlieir recko-
ning, cannot receive the Lenefit of the Charity without a fresh Recommendation.
V. No Spirituous Liquors are permilted to be brought into the Hospital.
VI. No Patient shall be kept in the Hospital longer tlian Three Weeks after ber delivery, unless by order of the Weekly Board, to whom ail extraordinary cases are to be reported ; and no Patient shall be permitted to leave the Hospital without her child.
VII. Every Patient must submit to the Rules of the Hospital, or be expellcd ; and no Patient so expelled can ever be received into the Hospital again, upon any recommendation whatever.
VIII. Ail Patients who sball think themselves aggrieved in any way, are to make tlieir complaints to the Weekly Board, PREVIOUS TO TI1EIR LEAVING THE HOSPITAL.
Oo.
Lorsque la réception, comme in-patient, a été prononcée par le conseil, on donne à la femme enceinte le billet suivant, préalablement rempli et signé par le secrétaire.
10 THE MATRON OF THE BR1TISI1 LYING-IN HOSPITAL FOR MARR1ED WOMEN ENDELL-STREET, LONG-ACRE
RECEIVE the Wife of
into the Hospital,
if in labour.
By order of the Weeltly Committee
the day of 18
Secretary,
lf the labour corne on too quickly for the patient to be taken to the Hospital, this paper should be sent to the Matron at the Hospital, who will al once send a Midwife.
La malade, munie de ce billet, qu’elle peut se procurer plusieurs mois à l’avance, et lorsque le moment de ses couches est arrivé, se rend à l’hôpital, qui, sur la présentation du billet, lui ouvre ses portes, sans aucune nouvelle formalité.
Sauf les cas exceptionnels, la durée du séjour à l’hôpital, après l’accouchement, ne doit pas excéder trois semaines.
Dans la plupart des Maternités privées de Londres, les femmes doivent nourrir elles-mêmes leur enfant, et l’emmener à leur sortie. L’abandon n’est jamais permis.
Quant au service à domicile, la traduction du billet suivant, remis aux malades de l’extérieur, en échange de leur lettre de recommandation, me dispense de plus longs détails.
