Includes report by Percy Adrian Aubin, Connétable of St Helier, on 'the question of the organisation of the staff and the general distribution of the accommodation at the General Hospital, more especially with regards to the sick wards of the Institution' commissioned by an Act of the Public Assistance Committee dated 7 June 1909.
The report provides a history of the General Hospital including an extract from Marie Bartlett's will in 1740, details of the admission of inmates in 1773, fires in 1789 and 1859, and comparison between the hospital and equivalent services provided in England with reference to the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws, 1909. Includes details of three options considered and recommendations relating to:
1. Classification of inmates from a medical point of view;
2. Increased medical staff;
3. Improved nursing staff; and
4. Redistribution of existing accommodation and increased accommodation
with estimates of costs expected for each measure.
The report was approved by the sub-committee of the Public Assistance Committee on 17 September 1909. [See pages 488-493] |