The Medical Officer shall see every patient and go through every ward at least every second day, and oftener if required.

The Officers and Attendants of the Asylum shall assist the Medical Officer in every possible manner in reference to the medical treatment of the patients, and shall at once inform him of any case requiring particular attention.

The Matron shall be responsible to the Keeper for the cleanliness of the female patients, their wards, bedding, &c.

The Head Attendant shall be subject to the general control and direction of the Medical Officer, Keeper, and Matron. In the Keeper’s absence he shall, with the Matron, have the control of the Asylum. He shall have charge of, and issue stores, as the Medical Officer or Keeper may direct.

An Appearance Book or Books shall be kept at the Asylum, in which all absences from the grounds of any Attendants or Resident Officers during their hours of duty shall be noted, and the time of their return.

Patients.—The male and female patients shall be kept in separate wards. No male attendant, servant, or patient shall be allowed to enter the female wards, nor shall any female enter the male wards, except when the Medical Officer and the Keeper shall appoint a female to attend as nurse.

At least one room in the male, and one in the female department, shall be set apart as an infirmary.

During the day patients shall be employed as much as possible, especially out of doors—the men in gardening and husbandry, the women in occupations suited to their ability.

As a principle in treatment, Patients should be induced to take constant open air exercise. Efforts should be continually made to occupy their minds, and to promote cheerfulness and happiness amongst them.

The patients shall, if necessary, be instructed to wash, dress, and keep their persons clean, and in good order; and generally they shall be induced to exercise self-control.

Artizans and others shall be encouraged to follow their particular callings. Needlework and other suitable employment shall be provided for women.

Various means of amusement shall be placed at the disposal of the patients, who shall be encouraged to have frequent recourse thereto, and every effort must be made to employ and amuse the Patients.

The airing grounds of the several wards shall be generally accessible to the patients every day when the weather is favourable.

At least one or more attendants shall sleep in or adjoining every dormitory, and so as to overlook it. A light shall be kept burning throughout the night, or the means of immediately obtaining one shall be at hand.

One or more attendants shall be appointed to act as Night Nurses, and to take general charge throughout the night.

No dormitory for males (excepting rooms for single patients) shall contain less than three beds. All males shall sleep in separate beds.

No patient shall be subjected to any bath, except for the purpose of cleanliness, unless by the Medical Officer, or the Keeper’s authority.

All patients under “mechanical restraint,” or secluded, shall be reported at once to the Keeper, and by him to the Medical Officer on his first visit thereafter.

The Attendants shall treat all patients with kindness, gentleness, and forbearance, and shall be responsible for their safety, cleanliness, and general condition, and for the ventilation, proper warmth, and good order of the respective wards. They will require Patients to observe as nearly as may be the customs and decencies of life, which sane persons are expected to observe.

Patients, in such number and at such times as the Medical Officer or Keeper may think fit, shall be allowed under proper care, to take walks or excursions beyond the Asylum grounds.

Patients shall invariably be searched immediately on admission. All knives, or other dangerous instruments, money, papers, or valuables found upon them, shall be handed to the Keeper, who shall thereupon write out and sign a list of such articles, and shall be answerable for their safe custody. The Attendants in charge of the ward in which patients are placed on admission, shall have them bathed as soon as possible, and shall thoroughly examine their condition. Should any serious bruise or injury be observed then, or at any time thereafter, the Attendants shall make particular note thereof in their daily report.

Attendants are held strictly responsible that no light be improperly used or exposed in any ward or dormitory, and that no lantern be used which shall not have the Keeper’s sanction. In an Asylum for the Insane it is a matter of the most urgent duty to adopt every possible precaution against fire and its terrible consequences.

No razor or dangerous weapon shall be kept in any ward under any pretext. No patient shall be shaved, unless by direction of the Medical Officer and Keeper; and then, at least two attendants must be present during the operation.

Whenever any female patient, whether on admission or afterwards is known or supposed to be pregnant, a special entry shall be made accordingly in the Register of Admissions (in column 17, under the heading “Bodily Condition.”).

Every such patient shall sleep at night near to or within easy hearing or call of an