Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1875 – No. 4

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✨ Lunatic Asylum Regulations



NEW ZEALAND

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.

Published by Authority.

Vol. XXII. THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1875. No. IV.

PROCLAMATION.

In pursuance of the powers vested in me in this behalf I, WILLIAM ROLLESTON, Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, do hereby make the following Regulations for the conduct and Management of the Lunatic Asylum, at Sunnyside, in the said Province.

Given under my hand, at Christchurch, this 7th day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Superintendent.

  1. General Management
  2. Rules for the Guidance of Attendants
  3. Rules for Night Attendants, Night Duty, Night Reports, Accidents, &c.
  4. Hours to be Observed in the Wards
  5. Dining Regulations
  6. Baths
  7. Work Room and Needlework
  8. Patients’ Letters
  9. Relations and Connections Visiting Patients
  10. Recreation—Holidays, Picnics, Band, Weekly Ball, Concerts
  11. Chapel Attendance and Music
  12. The Library—Periodicals and Newspapers
  13. The Dispensary
  14. The Care of the Dead
  15. The Kitchen
  16. Ration Supplies
  17. The Laundry
  18. Attendants’ Leave
  19. Engagement of Attendants
  20. Attendants’ Uniform
  21. The Gardener
  22. Extract from Lunatics Act, 1868
  23. Extract from Public Health Act, 872

RULES, REGULATIONS, &c.

I.—GENERAL MANAGEMENT.

  1. The Keeper shall have the general control of the Institution, subject to instructions from time to time from the Provincial Government, and be responsible for the safe custody of the patients and for giving effect to all general rules and regulations, and also for all public property of whatsoever kind belonging to the Asylum. He shall cause an accurate statement to be made of all such property, and a record to be kept of any additions thereto or deductions therefrom.

  2. The Keeper shall on no occasion leave the Asylum grounds until he has handed over charge to the Head Attendant and Matron.

  3. The Keeper shall note for verbal report to the Inspector on the occasion of any visit, any extraordinary occurrence which shall have happened at the Asylum since his last visit.

  4. The Keeper shall go through every ward and see every patient in the Asylum buildings at least once daily, unless unavoidably prevented, noting his visit in a Diary which shall be kept for that purpose.

Vol. XXII., No. 4.



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🏥 Proclamation of Lunatic Asylum Regulations

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
7 January 1875
Lunatic Asylum, Sunnyside, Regulations, Canterbury, Mental Health
  • WILLIAM ROLLESTON, Superintendent