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MaDP, EsTADLIBHED, AWD OKDAINID by tub DlRGCTOIia OK Till-; f of CarWoii k\m\ Protestant Hosoita I WIIEEKAS it has become expedient that the By-Laws, Eogulations and Statutes of the County of Carleton General Protestant Hospital be revised, certain portions thereof amended, and ftirther additions made thereto, Therefore, the Corporation of the Directors of the County of Carleton General Protestant Hospital enacts and ordains that the following shall be the By-Laws, Eegulations and Statutes, for the better government of the officers, members, patients and servants of the said Hospital. CHAPTER I. Of the dualiiioatioii of Members ot the Corporation. 1 Every person subscribing and paying annually towards the funds of the Hospital five dollars, shall become a mem- ber of the Cornoration, and shall be entitled to vote at the election of Directors. 2 Every person who has contributed to the erection of the Hosj^ital, or who shall hereafter contribute to its funds one hundred dollars or upwards, and shall pay annually towards itB support a contribution of five dollars, shall be a Director thereof for life. 3 There shall bo twelve other Directora, who shall be annually elected, in manner hereinafter prescribed, from among those subscribers who have contributed, or who shall hereafter contribute annually to the Institution, under one hundred dollars, and not less than five dollars. ■mmriii 4 Six of the naid Directors, elected at the lir«t annual meeting of the Bubscribei'H, shall remain in office three years, tliree for two years, and the remaining three for one year^ from the date of lioldin<^ said first annual meeting. The three Directors last elected shall go out first ; the six Directors first elected shall go out after three years, and the three Directors elected next after the said six Directors, shall go outjat the expiration of two years, and so on. 5 The annual subscription year shall commence on the first day of January in each and every year. No subscriber or contributor shall have a right to vote, or be elected, at any annual election, who has not paid uj) his subscription or donation, at least one month previous to the holding of such annual election. CHAPTER 11. Of the Election of Directors. 1 Notice of the hour and place for the election ofJ)irectors shall be given by any five directors of the .IIos])ital, in one or more of the newspapers published in the County of Carleton, at least one month previous to such meeting. 2 The annual meeting of the subscribers for the election of Directors shall be held on the first Tuesday of February, in each and every year, in the Directors' Hoom in said Hospital, at the hour of three o'clock p.m., at which meeting two sub- scribers present shall be appointed to inspect the ballot; and every person voting at said election shall personally and then and there appear, and deliver to aforesaid Inspectors a ballot, containing the names of the persons he is desirous of voting for as Directors, and the number of votes he gives to each can- didate; and the Inspectors shall deposit in a box all ballots so delivered, and shall insert the names of the persons so voting in a poll-list, kept by them for the pur])ose ; and when the poll of such election shall be closed, the Inspectors shall count the said ballots, and shall oj^enly declare to the meeting the names of the persons who shall be found to have been elected by the majority of the votes, and shail deliver a certiticato thereof to 5 the Secretary, who shall Ibrthwith commiinicaio the same to the persons elected. 3 The Secretary shall immctliately after the election give notice in writing to the Directors elected, and to the Pircctors fur life, requiring them to meet on the first Tuesday of the following month in the Directors' Eoom in said Hospital, at the hour of throe o'clock p.m. ; and at the first meeting thus hold under the charter, the Directors present shall choose from among tiiemsclves a President, Vice-Prcftident, a Secre- tary, and a Treasurer, who shall respectively remain in office for the period during which, according to the order of retire- ment, they shall be entitled to remain in office as Directors, except in the case of a Life Director, who may be elected to any of the said offices, when the period of oflice shall be for two years only ; provided always that any such President, Vice- President, or Director, Secretary or Treasurer shall be eligible for re-eloction at the expiration of his term of office ; pro- vided, also, that the said Secretary or Treasurer may bo re- moved, before the expiration of his term of office l)y the votes of a majority of the sal,, irectors, for misconduct or the unsatisfactory discharge of his ies. 4 At the meeting thus held, after each annual meeting, the Directors shall fill up any vacancy or vacancies that may have occurred in any of the aforesaid offices, and also appoint the Medical Officers for the current year. 5 The Directors elected shall declare, either at their first meeting after their election, or by letter addressed to the Sec- retary, at least one day previous to such meeting, whether or not they are willing to act in their office, otherwise their elec- tion shall be void. 6 In case the number of the elected Directors shall at any time, by death, resignation, absence from three monthly meet- ings, and not ajipearing at the third to account for such absence, neglect of duty, or refusal to act in their office, bo less than twelve, the deficiency shall be made up at the following monthly meeting after such vacancy as aforesaid, by the vote of the Directors for the time being. 6 7 In caso of tho doatli, resignation, or absence for six months Irom tlio Hospital or meetings of the Board of Directors of tho rrosidont, Vice-President, Secretary or Trea- surer, it shall be lawful for the Board at a regular monthly meeting to declare tho office held by such Director to be vacant, and at the next monthly meeting to elect from among their own number a director to till the office or offices so de- clared vacant. CHAPTER III. Of the Directors. 1 A monthly mooting of tho Board shall be hold in tho Diroctorf.' Room in the Hospital on the first Tuesday in each and every month, at tho hour of three o'clock p.m., except the month of February in each year, and on special occasions, when notified by the Secretary. Five members, including the President or Vice-President, shall constitute a legal meeting, and shall bo competent to transact all business relative to the Institution, in as far as they are authorized by the Charter or Amended Charter of Corporation. 2 The Directors for life, together with those elected, shall on the first monthly meeting held by them after the annual meeting in each and every year, choose by ballot out of their number a Committee on Finance, to consist of five members, whose duty it will be to audit, inspect, and approve all accounts coming before the Board for payment, the Secretary to be ex-officio a member thereof. They shall also in the same man- ner choose from their own number a Supply Committee, con- sistingoffive members, whose duty it shall be to order and inspect all supplies required for the equipment and maintenance of the Hospital between the monthly meetings of the Board, the Secretary to be ex-officio a member thereof. 3 The Directors, at their first meeting as aforesaid, in each and every year, shall elect, by vote, and not by ballot, Medical officers to be the Attending Physicians for the year, which election shall be conducted in the following manner, viz : The President, or in his absence the Vice-President, shall openly submit the names of all persons applying for the position of ^ .>k Medical officers, whose election ehall be decided by the majority of the votes of those present. 4 The Directors shall have the power at any monthly or Special Meeting called for that puuposo, to appoint by ballot or otherwise such officer or officers, and fix their salaries, as they may at any time find necessary for the management of the Hospital. 5 They shall also appoint a Steward, and a Matron or House-keeper, and fix their salaries, who shall rospoctivoly remain in office during pleasure, or so long as they continue to discharge properly and satisfactorily the duties thereof 6 They shall admit, under reasonable conditions, Protes- tant clergymen and the relatives and friends of patients to seo and communicate with them. 7 They shall permit religious service or worship, or Scrip- tural or other proper readings to be held at such times, to such patients, and on such conditions as may be found convenient or expedient ; but in no case shall any interference be allowed by any one with the religious faith of any of the patients. 8 The President, or in his absence the Vice-President and the Secretary, may at the request of two Directors, summon and call together by letter from the Secretary, at any time, the Directors of the Corporation for the time being, giving them at least one day's notice thereof, and intimating the pur- poses of the meeting. 9 Two of the Directors shall, in rotation, visit the Hospital at least once a week, and shall enter their names in a book, with such observations relating to the Institution as they shall think necessary. 10 If any officer, the Steward or the Matron, shall at any time become unfit to perform the duties of his or her office, or shall misdemean himself or herself m his or her office, it shall be the duty of any Director or officer of the Institution acquir- ing a knowledge thereof to make known the same in form of a complaint to the President, or in his absence to the Vice- 8 Proflidont, who shall cause the Secretary to summon a meeting of the directors, at a time to bo appointed by him, and to giro notice to the party or parties complained of, with a copy ol tlio charge or complaint, and to the party or parties compla-aing ; and the Directors shall, at such meeting, after hearing both parties, remove by ballot or otherwise, if they find sufticient cause, the person or persons complained of, and until the com- plaint is thus examined into and disposed of as aforesaid, the Visiting Directors for the week in which such complaint ahall have been prol'erred, shall have power to suspend the Steward or Matron, or other servants, from the exercise of his or her office, if they deem it essentially necessary. 11 It shall be the duty of the Directors at each of their monthly meetings to enquire strictly into the domestic econ- omy ol' the house, to order all things requisite for the same, to enquire into the conduct of the officers, Steward, Matron and servants, and to enforce all necessary attention to economy, cleanliness, and good behaviour, to order all repairs, to oversee and control everything connected with the management of the Hospital, and to order payment of accounts that have been audited by the Finance Committee, which shall be done by cheques on the Treasurer, signed by the President, or in his absence the Vice-President, and one Director, and countersigned by the Secretary. 12 They shall in like manner sign all orders given to the Steward or Medical officers, for the purchase of stores or medi- cines, shall attend at all meetings of the Direc- tors, and annual meetings of tho subscribers, take minutes of tho proceedings of each of those meetings, and transcribe the same into a book. 2 lie shall at each meeting, as aforesaid, read the proceed- ings of the former meeting. 8 Through him ail communications, of whatsoever nature, Bhall be made to the Directors, and by him from the said Directors to the public, or any department of the Hospital. 4 He shall publish in such of the city papers as will insert the same gratuitously, the names of the Visiting Directors, clergymen and medical officers for the week. 5 He shall furnish the Directors at the annual meeting of the Subscribers a report of their proceedings during the past year. C One day previous to each and every meeting of the Directors, it shall be his duty to send notice of the time and place of such meeting to each Director, stating the purpose of the meeting. 7 He shall summon the Directors to attend all meetings as before provided, and also notify weekly Visiting Directors and clergymen in their due rotation. 8 If an extraordinary meeting be appointed to consider nny charge or complaint against any Director or officer, the Steward or Matron, he shall give notice thereof in writing, with ft copy of the said charge or complaint to the party or parties complained of, and to the party or parties complaining. 9 He shall, seven days before the annual meeting of the Subscribers for the election of Directors, hang up a notice in their Ilall, stating therein the names of the persons qualified to be elected, as well as of those who are qualified to be the electors. 10 The Secretary shall lay on the table in the Directors' Boom at the nionthly meetings the journals or minutes of their i L 11 pi'oceedings, tlio cu80 book of the attending Modical officer, or Surgeon, if there be one ; the book containing the minutes of the Weekly Visiting Directors, and other documents reh\tive to the atfairs of the Corporation, which they may recj^uire. 11 He shall receive the receipts granted by the Treasurer to Subscribers for money paid him for the use of the Hospital, and in lieu thereof he will deliver to the Subscriber a blank form of admission for indigent non-pny patients, tilling up the first blank therein with the amount paid by such Subscribers and stating the number of non-pay patients such subscriber is entitled to recommend for admission. CHAPTER Vll. Of the Steward. 1 The Steward shall purchase, under the direction of the Directors, fuel, provisions, and all other stores for the use of the Hospital, except medicines and medical stores, and shall be accountable for the same. 2 He shall keep pass-books, into which shall be entered all articles purchased from those tradesmen with whom the Directors may open accounts; and for all other articles, he shall obtain bills of parcels; all of which he shall lay before the Directors at each of their monthly meetings. 3 He shall keep in books provided for that purpose an account of all stores brought into the Hospital, and shall not deliver any stores under his charge, unless on a requisition from the Matron, entered by her in a book provided for that purpose. 4 He shall keep a book in which he shall enter each patient's name, with the diets and other extras furnished him or her while in the Hospital, and then transfer the same to a general account to be opened in said book against the Directors, and furnish the Board monthly with a copy thereof, together with all monies receivc>d by him during the previous month from patients, or from any other source, for the use of the Hospital. 5 He shall also, in a book provided for that purpose, enter I ! 12 the names of the pay-patients, charging them with the weekly rates to be paid for board, lodging, medicines, medical attend- ance, and extras, collect the same, and furnish an account thereof to the Board at each monthly meeting, and show his books when required. 6 He shall give timely notice in writing to the Directors when any of the stores are nearly expended. 7 He shall on the admission of a patient tmkc an invc._- ory, in a book to bo kept for that purpose, of his or her clothes and other etfects, shall order the clothes to be purified, if neces- sary, and shall be accountable for the safe delivery of the same to the patient on leaving the Hospital, or, in case of death, to any person whom tiie Directors, through the Secretary, shall j^uthorize to receive the same; provided that if the clothes of any patient be in such a state as to render it necessary that they should be burned, it shall be done, if sanctioned by the Attending Medical officer. 8 He shall keep in a book for the purpose an account of the servants' time and wages, and pay the same when ordered by the Directors. 9 It shall be his duty to take care that every part of the premises, without and within the Hospital, be kept in proper order. 10 He shall keep the kej's of the outer doors and gates, and lock them at 10 o'clock p.m., and open them at 6 a.m., from the first of May to the tirst of November ; and lock them at 8 p.m. and open them at 7 a.m., during the rest of the year, unless ordered otherwise by the Directors, or in case of emer- gency, for the service of the patients. 11 In cases of an urgent nature, he shall immediately sum- mon the Attending Medical officer, ot if he cannot be found, he shall call upon the nearest member of the Medical Board. 12 He shall hang up in the Directors' Room the names of the weekly Visiting Directors, and shall on the Saturday pro- ceding their week of attendance give them notice in writing 18 thereof; ho shall also deliver to the Directors and officers all communications from the Secretary. 13 He shall report to the Weekly Visiting Direct ^, and to the Directors at their monthly meetings, any misconduct or irregularity that may come under his notice. 14 He shall give reasonable security to the Directors for his fidelity. 15 As soon as the body of a Patient, dying \\\ the Hospi- tal, m laid out in the dead house, it shall be the duty of the Steward to see that the body be safely kept there, until deli- vered for interment, or to such authorized party as the law may direct, and he shall be responsible for the faithful execu" tion of his duty. 16 Every patient admitted into the Hospital shall be con- sidered as being placed religiously in the sole charge of the clergyman of the denomination to which he or she belongs at the time of admission, and the Steward shall, when requested by any patient, send immediately in writing lor such Protes- tant clergyman as he or she may desire. 17 He shall be responsible for the affixing the names and other particulars of the patients at their bed-heads, and he shall enter in the Kegister of Patients, under the direction of the Attending Medical officer, the name, sex, age, Protestant deno- mination belonging to, country born in, place of residence, disease, and lime of admission of every patient received into the Hospital ; and also the name of the person or association of persons by whom the patient has been recommended for admission, whether fis a non-pay, or as a pay-patient; if the latter, the rate per week to be paid for his or her board, &c., exclusive of extras, and the time and manner in which every patient leaves the Hospital . 18 He shall not absent himself from the Hospital, except on duty, without the permission of the attending Medical officer. 19 He shall not employ any indoor servant other than a Protestant. Hi! u 2i) He shall not admit any n on pay patient or patients into the Hospital, unless the certifieato of admission is signed by the Secretary, certifying that the party recommending is a paid-up Subscriber, and entitled to recommend such non-pay patient for admission ; this clause not to apply to emigrants of less than one year's residence in the country, or to cases of emergency. CHAPTER vnr. Of the Medical Board. 1 The Medical Board of the County of Carleton (reneral Protestant Hospital shall consist of the Consulting, and Attend- ing Medical Officers and Surgeons. 2 No person shall be eligible to the office of Consulting or Attending Physician or Surgeon who is not a graduate of a University or College in the British Dominions, or a Licentiate or member of a College of Physicians or Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, or other in the British Dominions, of at least three years' standing, and who is, moreover, not licensed to practice in this T*rovince 3 Any Attending Physician or Surgeon may, after having acted in that capacity for seven years, become a Consulting Physician or Surgeon to the Institution. 4 In all Surgical cases requiring operations (except in emergencies, where delay might be dangerous), and in Medical cases when desired, a consultation of the whole Medical Board of the Hospital shall be summoned. 5 It shall be the duty of the Medical Board to examine all candidates for the situation of House Surgeon and Apothecary when such officers are to be engaged for the Hospital, commu- nicating to the Directors in writing their opinion of the candi- dates respectively. CHAPTER IX. Of the Attending Medical Officer. 1 The visiting hour for the Attending Medical officer shall be 12 o*clock, noon, in each and every day, Sundays excepted, 'Sttt •it 15 and also when summoned by the Steward in cases of an urgent nature, and he shall on his daily visits enter all the occupied wards . 2 Should the Attending olSicer be unable from illness or absence from town, to fulfil the duties of his office, he shall obtain the assistance of some other member of the Medical - Board. 3 The Attending Medical officer shall alone have the power to admit and discharge any patient, except in cases of severe injuries, where the Steward (until a House Surgeon is engaged) shall admit at any hour of the day or night, without recommendatory letters. 4 He shall have the power to name his own clerk and dresser from among the patients. 5 He shall have charge of all the Surgical instruments, until the appointment of a House Surgeon, and shall be respon- sible for the same. 6 It will be the duty of the Attending Medical officer to deliver to the nurses of the respective wards the different medi- cines, &c., prescribed for the patients of each ; the directions for which shall be legibly written or printed, and affixed upon each phial, box or parcel. 7 He shall have charge of the Dispensary or Apothecary's Iloom, until an Apothecary is appointed, and shall compound and make up, or get compoundetl and made up under his direc- tions, all the medicines, tinctures, pills, and preparations, required to be kept on hand. 8 The Attending Medical officer shall regulate the diets of the patients. 9 It shall be his duty to notify the members of the Medical Board whenever a consultation is required. 10 He shall draw up a report of the state and number of the patients admitted and discharged during the pre- ceding month, and lay the same before the Directors at their monthly meeting. Ril 16 11 He shall also draw out a similar annual report for the preceding year, to bo laid before the subscribers at their annual meeting in each and every year, 12 It shall be the duty of the Attending Medical officer to notify the Steward of the dismissal of all patients. 13 For the purpose of Pathological investigations, the Attending Medical officer shall have the power of examining j)ost mortem the bodies of patients deceased within the Hospital at his discretion, and such examinations shall only be made in the presence or by his order, provided the relatives or guardians of the deceased do not object to such examination. 14 In all cases when it becomes necessary to notify the Coroner of the sudden death of any individual within the pre- cincts of the Hospital, it shall be the duty of the Attending Medical officer to give such notice, and on the holding of the inquest he shall be the Medical officer referred to for informa- tion by that functionary, and the jury summoned by him, and he shall be entitled to the fees paid by the Coroner in such cases. 17 for the f annual I officer ns, the imining lospital lade in ivos or ition. bify the he pro- tending of the iforma- m, and 1 cases. 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Of the Students Attending the Hospital. 1 No Student who has not previously taken a ticket for attondnnce in the Hospital, shall on any ])rctonec whatever be allowed to witness any operation or dissection, or to attend the Clinical Lectures. 2 The fee for a Student's /.nniial Ticket shall be ; $ 8 00 Six months 5 00 Perpetual 12 00 3 Students following the Attending Medical officers dur- ing the visits are to behave with decency and propriety, kcei> ing thoir hats off at all times ; and they must avoid doing any- thing that may tend to disturb ph^'sicians, clerks or patients. 4 Every Student must keep his hat oft* w! ilo ho is in the operating theatre, both that he m*iy not obstruct the view of others, and as a mark of respect; and all noise and changing of seats must be avoided, as unpleasant to the operators and hurt- ful to the patients. 5 Students when visiting the wards are on no account to offer any advice, or express any opinion, unless when requested so to do by the Attending Medical ofticer. 6 No Student shall enter the wards at any time, except the visiting hour, unless by permission of the Attending Medical officer. 7 Any Student infringing any of the above regulations, shall forfeit the benefit of his ticket and the privilege of attend- ing the Hospital. CHAPTER XI. Of the Matron. 1 The Matron shall visit the wards of the Hospital every morning from the first day of May to the first day of Novem- ber, at 1 o'clock a.m., and during the rest of the year at 8 o'clock a.m., ©very afternoon at I o'clock, p.m., and every even- ing at 5 and 8 o'clock, p.m., and oftener, when required ; at I i ,v.,,urii,...^. 19 those visitH who shall soo that the wards are properly attended by the mu'fse.s, (and until nurses arc employed she shall attend {<) it herHoir,) and that all the patients arc in their respective wards, and report to the Attending Meted or recommended, be laboring under such disease as is admiss- ible into the Hospital, according to the By-Lav/s of the Corpo- ration. 22 fi Subsoribors rcRiding nt n distnnco from Ottawn, desirous of reroininoiiding non-pay paiioiitH for adniisKion into liio Hos- pital, will require, in addition to the {Socrotnry'H cortitieate, to get a certificate I'roni a Clei-gynian, IMijHician, Hcovo, Doputy- Jioove, or Magistrate of the Townshij), Town, or Village, in which the intended ])atient is resident, certifying that the ])atient is personally Unown to such Clergyman, kc, and is in indigent circumstances, and unable to pay any sum per weelc lor board, lodging, and medicines, while in the Ilos])ital, that would be otherwise charged . 7 In any case of an urgent nature, where delay may bo dai.^erous, the Steward (until the appointment of a House Surgeon) shall have the j)Ower to admit patients ; and he shall immediately give information of the same to the Attending Medical olHcer, or in his absence from town, to any other of the Medical Board. 8 No patient shall be admitted into the Hospital whoso case shall Ih) considered incurable, or who is insane, nor whoso case does n'~t require the benefit of in-door practice. 9 Such patients as are unable to pay for their nuiintenance shall be received as paupers; such as are able to pay, shall bo admitted into the Hospital as pay-patients, and none of these at loss thai two dollars per week, payable weekly in advance, exclusive of washing, wine, porter, spirits, and other extras; for the payment of which, the person or association of persons recommending such patient shall be responsible. 10 The person or association of persons recommending any patient or patients shall mention in the certificate for admission if the patient or patients be indigent sick, and if not, the sum they are to pay per week. 11 Subscribers and others recommending pay or indigent non-pay patients for admission into the Hospital, will be held responsible for four dollars for the funeral expenses, should such patient or patients die while in the Hospital ; and also for the washing ana other extras ordered by the Attending Medical oflBcer, to be given to such patient or patients during 28 desirous tiio Ilos- ficatc, to J^oputj'- ll.'igo, in liat the nuJ is in •or woclc tal, timt may bo House lie shall tending !!• of the 1 whoso I' whosso tenance shall bo 1' these d van CO, extras ; persons lending Jate for if not, idigent be held should id also ending during their btay in the Hospital. But as special cases may happen when n deviation from this By-law may bo necessary,] the Visit- ing Directors for the week, in conjunction with the Socretar}', are iioroby authorized to dispense with it in such cases. 12 Tho foregoing shall not apply to emigrants not rcsi- dotit over twelve months in the country. 13 A Male and Female ward shall be devoted to Lock- ward cases; pationtc:. shall not be admitted into the Lock-wards as non-paying, but each and every lock-ward patient shall ])ay not loss than foui- dollars per week, payable weekly in advance, exclusive of extras as aforesaid ; and if not spocitied in tho certiticate of admission that ho or she bo a lock-ward patient, ilion the Attending Medical officer shall send back such patient to the person recommending tho same, with the word " Jjock- ward " written on tho certificate ; and if tho person recom- mending shall rcnosv tho recommendation, he shall bo respon- sible for the Hospital dues lor such patient. No lock-ward patient shall bo admitted into the common wards. 14 Two bods (one in tho men's ward and one in the women's ward) shall bo kept in reserve to receive such patients as may from sudden accident be in need of immediate relief 15 The applicants for admission shall attend at the Hos- pital daily, at tho hour of 12 o'clock, noon, and wait the arrival of the Attending Modical officer. Form of Certificate for the Admission of Non-pay Patients. Secketary's Office, PUOTESTANT HoSlMTAL, day ol , 18 I hereby certify that , of the of , has jjaiJ to on account of the County of Carleton General Protestant Hos- pital, the sum of dollars, a'nd has lodged the receipt with n>e, which sum entitles to recommend and present , indigent, sick, non-pay patient, for admission into the Hospital. To the President and Directors, 1 C. C. G. Protestant Hospital, Ottawa. | Secretary. 24 day of , 18 Gentlemen, — I recomniend and present , a native of belonging to the Churcli, aged years, by occupation a who haH resided in the of for the last vears, to be admit- ted into liie Hospital as an indigent, sick, non-pay patient, if be thought a fit object for admission, agreeing and promising to pay all extras required by , and also the sum of four dollars for lunerai expenses, should die in the Hospital. To the President and Directors, "i I am, gentlemen, &c., C. C. G. Protestant Hospital, Ottawa. / A Siibsa-ibir. day of , 18 Gentlemion, — I hereby certify that the above is personally known to me, and that is in indigent circumstances, and unable to pay anything per week for support, should be admitted into the Hospital. To the President and Directors, 1 ■■ C.C.G. Protestant Hos., Ottawa, j Clergyman, Physician, Reeve, ])eputy -Reeve, or Magistrate. Ottawa, day of , 18 Gentlemen, — I hereby certify that I have exanuried the above, , and find a fit object for admission into the Hospital. To the President and Directors, 1 C.C.G. Protestant Hospital, Ottawa, j Attending Medical Officer. Ottawa, 'lay of , 18 Sir, — We do hereby authorize you to admit into the Hospital the above , as an indigent, sick, non-pay patient, and to furnish daily with such diets, &c., as the Attending Medical Officer may pvc« scribe, charging to and collecting from the above recommending sub- scriber the Hospital charges for extras furnished, and also the sum of four dollars for funeral expenses, should die while in the Hospital. To the Steward, ■> C.C. G.Protestant Hospital, Ottawa J Directors. Form oj Certificate for the Admission of Pay-Patitnts. , belonging who has day of , 18 Gentlemen, — I recommend , a native of to the Church, aged years, by occupation a , resided in the of for the last years, as a pay patienc, at the weekly rate of dollars, payable weekly iu advance, (agreeing and promising to pay the said weekly rates, as well as the charges for extras, the sum of four dollars for funeral expenses, should die while in the Hospital,) if be thought a fit object for admission. I am, gentlemen, To the President and Directors, \ Your obed't serv't, C. C. G. Protestant Hospital, Ottawa. / i ,18 e of > a be ad mi t- , if be pay all r luneral n, &c., ibsa^ibtr. ,18 srsonally inable to 1 into the Reeve, •gistrate. ,18 J above, al. ! Officer. , 18 )ital the rnish lay pvC' ng sub- file sum ospital. "Aors. ,18 longing ho has enc, at freeing ;e8 for die 1. 25 Ottawa, day of ,18 Gentlemen,— I liereby certify tliat I liave examined i\\Q above , and find a fit object for admission into the Hospital. To the President and Directors, 1 C. C. G.Protestant Hospital, Ottawa. / Attending Med. Officer* Ottawa, dav of ,13 Sir,— We do hereby authorize you to admit into the Hospital tlie above , as a pay-patient, at tl»e weekly rate of dollars, pay- able weekly in advance, collecting from the above , the party recommending, the weekly rates and charges for extras, (unless paid by said patient), and should die while in the Hospital, the sum of four dollars for funeral expenses. Directors. To the Steward, "i C. C. G. Protestant Hospital, Ottawa./ P.S.— Extras mean washing, spirits, wine, ale, or in fact anvthing beyond the ordinary allowance for diets, and medicines kept "in tho Hospital. CHAPTER XIV. Of the Patients. 1 No patient shall smoke in Hie house or on the f^alleries, nor leave the wards in which he or she shall have been placed, without permission from tho Attending Medical officer or Steward. 2 The patients shall not play at cards or dice, or any other game not approved of by the Steward. 3 They shall conduct themselves with due respect to. tho Steward, Matron, Nurses and Servants of the Hospital. 4 No male patient, under any pretence whatever, shall enter into the a )artment8 or wards of tho females, unless required by the Attending Metlical officer to give assistance ; nor shall a female patient enter tho departments or wards for males. 26 5 No patient shall allow thoir friends to bring to them, nor shall they uf,e, anything whatsoever, except the diet pre- scribed, without permission from tlie Attending Medical officer. 6 Every patient sliall retire to bed at 9 o'clock, p.m., from the first of May to the first of November ; at 8 o'clock, ]).m., the remainder of the year; and those who are able shall rise at 7 a.m., during the summer, and at 8, a.m., during the winter. 7 Such non-paying patients as shall be considered able sliall assist the Nurses and other servants of the Hospital, in nursing the patients, making the beds, cleaning the wards, and doing such other work in and about the premises as the Attending Medical officer ma}- direct. 8 Any patient or patients making use of profane or obscene language, or not confoiming to the By-laws of the Cor- poration shall incur the penalty of expulsion. 9 When any patient is discharged from the Hospital for 'rregular conduct, the Steward shall give notice thereof by let- ter, in the form and manner following, to the ]ierson or asso- ciation of persons who shall have recommended such patient : C. C. G. Photkstaxt HosrrrAL, Ottawa, day of , 18 Siu, — I am directed to iiifonii you that A. B., reconuneiuled by you, has tluH clay been di.scliar>rt'«l from the Hos[>ital for irregular con- duct. 1 an>, sir, iVc, To Mr. CD. i CHAPTER XV. Of the Out-Door Patients. 1 They shall attend at the Hosplial on the days and hours appointed b}' the Attending Medical officer for giving advice and medicines to the poor (gratis,) and if any of them neglect to attend twice in succession, without leave from the Medical officer, he or she shall not bo entitled to any further advice or medicines. X . ^ 27 2 The names of the Out-door Patients shall be entered into a book kept for that purpose, with the age, sex, Protestant denomination belonging to, country born in, place of residence, and complaint, the time of admission, and the termination of the disease as far as can be ascertained. 3 Medicines and advice shall be given to the poor (gratis) at the Hospital, on such days and at such hours as may bo aj^pointed by the Attending Medical officer. All out-door patients shall provide their own phials. 4 No out-door patient shall loiter about the Hospital gate, or premises adjoining ; they shall come directly to the room in the Hospital appointed to receive them, and as soon as they have received the advice and medicines which may be consi- dered necessary for them, they shall immediately leave ihe Hospital. 5 Any out-door ptitient or patients who shall violate any of the rules or regulations of the Hospital, shall incur the pen- alty of dismissal. CHAPTBR XVI. Of Vaccination. 1 On any of the days appointed by the Attending Medical officer for vaccinating the poor (gratis), any person or persons without the recommendation required for the admission of patients to the Hospital may present their children for vac- cination. 2 The medical officer, or other person who shall vaccinate any children or other persons, on any of the above stated days, shall register in a book belonging to the Hospital, (kept for that purpose) the name, age, sex, Protestant denomination belonging to, country born in, and place of residence, of each and every individual so vaccinated, the part of the body on which the vaccination has bcert performed, the date, progress and termination of each and every case. 3 Kach and every person bringing a child or children for 28 vaccination shall deposit twenty-five cents, as [a pledge of returning once at least with the child or children oii a day fixed by the vaccinator, that t'le appearance may be noted ; non-com- pliance with this rule wiH incur the forfeiture of the deposit, but on a due compliance with it, will be returned. CHAPTER XVII. The Penalty of Receiving any Pee or Reward. 1 No Director or other person connected with the County of Carlcton (JeHoral Protestant Hospital shall at any time pre. sumo, under any pretence whatever, on pain of expulsion, to give to, or take from, any tradesman, patient, servant, or an}'^ other 2)orson or persons, any fee or reward, or gratuity of whatever kind, directly or indirectly, for any service done or to be done, or proposed to he done on account of or relative to the said Hospital. CHAPTER XV HI. Of the Disposal of the Dead. 1 When an indigent non-paying patient dies in the Hos- pital, (if the body be interred,) the Steward shall give notice thereof to the nighcst relatives of the deceased, if there be any, and also to the Clergymen to whose congregation he or she may belong, and the Steward shall assist the Sexton at the interment. 2 Emigrant indigent non-paying patients of less than twelve months residence in the country, who die in the Hospital, shall have their funeral expenses defrayed from the funds of the Institution, unless the same is provided for out of the Emigrant Fund, or unless the bodies are otherwise dis^wsed of by law. 3 Other indigent non-paying patients having no relatives in this Town or neighborhood, or when their bodies {u*e r^t taken away by friends for interment, an appeal will be made to the different religious communities to which they may have belonged, to provide for their funerals, unless the bodies are otherwise disposed of by law. ^V-"* 1* pledge of I day fixed ; non-eom- 10 deposit, lie County time pro. )ul8ion, to nt, or an}'- atuity of 3 done or •olativo to 29 CHAPTER XIX. Of Altering, Repealing, and MaJring Regulations aud Statutes. No additional By-laws, Kogulations or Statutes, bIiuII hero- after be made, nor shall any of those already existing be in any way altered or repealed, except a special motion for such alter- ation, repeal, &c., bo made and received at one of the Monthly Meetings of the Directors, and passed at the following Monthly Meeting. ^ Adopted and passed at Ottawa this sixth day of Junn A.D., 1876. *^ ' WILLIAM COUSENS, Secretary* (Signed) GEOKGE HAY, I^resident, the IIos- ve notice e be any, le or she 5n at the ess than Hospital, funds of it of the sposed of relatives ! m*e v^t be made ley may bodies :iP il 31 CAP. XXXIII. An Act to Incorporate the County of Carleton General Protestant Hospital y passed 2nd Angust, iSji. Whereas John McKinnon, Georo:e Patterson, William Preamble. Stewart, Hanuiett Hill, Archibald Foster, Roderick Ross, Roltert Hervey the younger, James M(;Craekeii, senior, Francis Ahhott, Thomas Langrell, Thomas Hunton, Richard Stethem, George B. Lyon, William Hart Thomp- son, the Honorable Thomas' McKay, Joliii 'i'liomson, Edward Malloch, James I^eacock, George Hav, Alexander McP. Grant, William Porter, Henry McCormac, John Forgie, Edward Armstrong, Jas. Rochester, Carter A. Rnrpee, Edward Sherwood, Dawson Kerr, Thomas G. Burns, and others, inhabitants of the County of Carleton, have bv their petition to the Legislature representee! that from their position they are constantly called upon to supply the necessities and relieve tiie condition of sick and destitute emigrants, and other transient persons, and that with tlie assistance of other charitably-disposed Pro- testants in the said County, they have raised funds and erected an Hospital on land granted to them by the prin- cipal til cers of Her Majesty's Ordjiance, and made other provision for the support of the said Hospital, and have prayed that they and their successors in oftice, witli the officers hereinafter mentioned, may be incorporated as tlie Trustees of the County Carleton General Protestant Hos- pital ; and whereas it is expedient that tlie prayer of the said Petitioners should be jjranted : Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of tlie Ledslative Council and of tiie Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, constituted and assemljled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland, and intituled. An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government oj Canada, and it is hereby enacteil Certain persons by the authority of the same. That the said Jofin McKiu.'"cori)or»te(]. non, George Patterson, William Stewart, Humnett Hill, Archibald Foster, Roderick Ross, Robert Hervey the younger, James McCracken, senior, Francis Abbott,'Thos. Langrell, Thomas Hunton, Richard Stethem, George B. Lvon, William Harte Thompson, the Honorable Thomas McKay, John Thomson, Edward Malloch, James Peacock, George Hay, Alexander McP. Grant, William Porter, Henry McCormack, John Forgie, Edward Armstrong, James Rochester, Carter A. Burpee, Edward Sherwood, Dawson Kerr, and Thomas G. Burns, and their successors being Protestants, shall be a body corporate, by the name cortiorat* name of the Trustees of the County of Carleton General Protes- and powers. ' 32 Property. 'i PrcHciit Trnstcos to act until !)!• icitaI, and Hhail iind may he capahle ot receiv- ing and takinj^ from Her Majesty, or from anv other per- son or persons, or any Ixxly corporate or politu^, l»y e amended, and it is expedient to grant the prayer ot their petition ; « i j Therelbre Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the J.egislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:—- 1. From and after the passing of this Act, all the prop- n,>«,,ital pro- erty, real and personal, pertaining to the County of I'^ty vest.-.i in Carleton General Protestant Hosj)itaI, and in any way "'*^ ^''"^'•'to'*'- thereto l)olonginfthi' said Hospital or some part or parts thereof, ft Huin not exceedinj? eijrht tlKiusjind dollars; and alno for * tlie same purpose to sell lot nuniher forty-one on the north side of Kidcau Street, in the ('ity of Ottawa, heiii;^ a part of such lands not required for tlu" use of the said Hospital ; and have prayed for the passin;^; of an Act y ami with the advice and consent of tiie Legislative Assenihly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows: 1. The Directors of the County of Carleton General Protestant Hospital may, and arc lierehy authorised and empowered to iiorrow from any person or persons, hody or hollies politic or corporate, a sum or sums of money not exceeding in the whole the sum of eight thousand dollars, and for the purpose of securing the repay nient thereof with such interest as may he agreed upon, to grant and convey by way of mortgage to the leniler or lenders thereof the lands held hy them the sai(i Directors for the use and hcnetit of the said Hospital, or any part or parts thereof free from the uses and trusts for which the same are held by them. Power to sell lot 2. The said Directors niHiy, and they are hereby further 41 on north side .m^j,(^),.iy(.,| .^„j empowered to sell, grant and convey to such person or persons, hody or Itodu's politu; or corporate for such price and on such terms and conditions as to then) may seem advisable, lot number forty-one on the north side of Rideau Street in the City of Ottawa, being a part of the lands held by them the sanl Directors for tlie use and benefit of the said Hospital, free from such uses and trusts. Application of 3. Anv moneys so borrowed or arisitig from such sales n.oneya boiTow- ^j^.^)] j^; laid out and expended by the said Director.^ in the payment of debts incurren the •eing a r the n usee I »ales ora in hiiild- shin^ ) said 1 pur- Toper CAP. XXX n. An Act to remove doubts as to the Incorporation of the Directors of the County of Carleton General Protestant Hospitaly and to confirm a mortgage given by them to the Metropolitan Building and Savings Society. Passed January , i8j6. WiiKiiKAH the Directors of L '" County of Cark'ton Oenc- prj.,j,ni,ii,^ ral I'rotestant Hospital have •cpresented that, by an Act of the he^^inhitlNe Assembly of the Province of Ontario, passed the second day of March, in the year of otir Lord (»ne thousand ei* 39 Society, and its asnignn all the right, title and interest of the said Hospital and of the Truslce.s of the said Hospital and ot the Directors of the said Hospital for the time bein.' ot, in and to the said lands, upon the terms and conditions and Riibiect to the proviso for redemption contained in the saul indenture of Mortirage. -.^ Form of a Legacy To the Society of the County of Carleton General Protestant Hospital. Item.— I give and bequeath to the Society of the County of Carleton General Protestant Hospital, incorporated by Royal Charter, the sum of dollars, to be paid out of my rea.ly money, or other personal property, and to be applied towar.ls carrying on the charitable purpose for wliich said Society was incorporated. I! CONTENTS. i PAGE By-La WH, Regulations and Statutes 2 Of the Qualification of Members of the Corporation 2 Of the Election of Directors 4 Of the Directors 6 Of the President and Vice-President 8 Of the Treasurer 9 Of the Secretary •. 10 Of the Steward 11 Of the Medical Board , 14 Of the Attending Medical Officer 14 Articles composing the different Diets 17 Of the Students Attending the Hospital 18 Of the Matron 18 Of the Nurses 19 Of the Admission of Patients 21 Form of Certificate for the Admission of Non-pay Patients 23-24 Form of Certificate for the Admission of Pay Patients 24-25 Of the Patients 25 or the Out-door Patients 26 Of Vaccination "/? Of the Penalty for receiving ajiy Fee or Reward 28 Of the Disposal of the Dead , 28 Altering the By .Laws 29 Act to Incorporate, 1851 Cap. 33 31 do to Amend, 1872 " 20 35 do do 1874 " 87 3(5 ^do to Remove Doubts, 1876 . . '• 32: ....... 37 Form cf a Legacy to the Society 39