: RULES OF the Master or other officer; and the opinion of the WORKHOUSE Guardians in every such case shall be entered on 5 FEB. 1849. the minutes of the day, and shall be communicated to the Master by the Chairman or Clerk and if the opinion of the Guardians be that the Master or other officer has in any case acted illegally or improperly, a copy of the minutes of such opinion shall be forwarded by the Clerk to the Commissioners. ARTICLE 57.-Every pauper above the age of seven years, who is in the workhouse, and who may have been punished since the last ordinary meeting of the Guardians, or who may be reported as refractory or disorderly, shall be brought into the Board-room during the sitting of the Board of Guardians, at their next ordinary meeting, whether he may request it or not, and shall have an opportunity of complaining to the Guardians of any undue punishment, or of any unjust charge; and the fact of such pauper having been brought before the Guardians, shall be entered on the minutes of the proceedings of the day. ARTICLE 58. The Master shall cause a legible copy of the regulations respecting disorderly and refractory paupers contained in this order, to be kept suspended in the dining-hall of the workhouse, in the school-room or school-rooms, and in the probationary wards, and also in the Board-room of the Guardians. VISITING COMMITTEE. ARTICLE 59.-The Board of Guardians shall appoint a Visiting Committee from their own body, who shall carefully examine the workhouse of the union once in every week at least, shall inspect the last reports of the Chaplains and Medical Officer of the workhouse, shall examine the stores in the workhouse, and ascertain the truth and circumstances of any complaints that may be made to them. And the Visiting Committee shall from time to time write such answers as the facts may warrant to the following queries, which are to be printed in a book, entitled the "Report Book of RULES OF WORKHOUSE the Visiting Committee," to be provided by the Guardians, and kept in the workhouse for that purpose, and to be submitted regularly to the Board of Guardians at their ordinary meeting : 5 FEB. 1849. Question 1. Is the workhouse, with its wards, offices, yards, and appurtenances, clean and well ventilated in every part?-if not, state the defect or omission. Q. 2. Do the adult inmates of the workhouse, of all classes, appear clean in their persons, and decent and orderly in their behaviour?—if not, state the exceptions. Q. 3. Are the able-bodied inmates of each sex employed and kept at work as directed by the Board of Guardians?— if not, and if any improvement can be suggested in their employment, state the same. Q. 4. Are the infirm of each sex who are capable of work, employed and kept to work as far as their circumstances admit of it, and as directed by the Board of Guardians?-if not, and if any improvement can be suggested, state the same. Q. 5. Are the persons infirm in body or mind, of each sex. properly attended to, according to their several conditions? Q. 6. Are the boys and girls in the school making due progress in reading, writing, and arithmetic, and do the Chaplains regularly attend to their religious instruction? Q. 7. Is the industrial training of the boys and girls properly attended to, and are they employed as the Guardians have directed? Q. 8. Are the boys and girls clean in their persons, and correct in their behaviour? Q. 9. Are the young children properly nursed and taken care of, and do they appear in a clean and healthy state? Q. 10. Is regular attendance given by the Medical Officer ? Q. 11. Do the inmates of the infirmary appear to be in as satisfactory a state as their ailments admit of? Is there any infectious disease in the workhouse?—if so, state the particulars. Is there any child not vaccinated? Q. 12. Is divine service regularly performed? Are prayers regularly read? Q. 13. Is the established dietary duly observed?-and are the hours of meals regularly adhered to? Q. 14. Are the provisions and other supplies of the qualities contracted for? Q. 15. Is the separation of the various classes strictly enforced, according to Article 9? Q. 16. Is any complaint made by any pauper against any officer, or in respect of the provisions or accommodations?-if so, state the name of the complainant, and the subject of the complaint. ARTICLE 60.-It shall be lawful for the Commissioners, or any of them, or the Assistant Commis WORKHOUSE sioner, or any of the Inspectors, to visit and inspect RULES OF the workhouse, and to enter any remarks thereon 5 FEB. 1849. in the book containing the questions to be answered by the Visiting Committee; and no officer of such workhouse shall in any way, directly or indirectly, impede such visit or inspection or the entry of such remarks. THE REPAIRING, UPHOLDING, AND INSURING OF THE ARTICLE 61.-The Guardians shall once at least in every year, and as often as may be necessary for cleanliness, cause all the rooms, wards, offices, and privies belonging to the workhouse to be limewashed, and the cesspools to be emptied. ARTICLE 62. The Guardians shall uphold and maintain the premises constituting the workhouse in good and substantial repair; and shall, from time to time, remedy, without delay, any such defect in the repair of the house, its drainage, warmth, or ventilation, or in the furniture or fixtures thereof, as may tend to injure the health of the inmates; and with a view to so upholding and maintaining the workhouse, they shall insure and keep insured the same against loss or damage by fire, for such a sum, being reasonably sufficient to cover any probable loss, and in such manner as the said Guardians may determine. DUTIES OF THE OFFICERS OF THE WORKHOUSE. ARTICLE 63.--The duties of the several officers of the workhouse and their assistants appointed or to be appointed by the Board of Guardians, under the Regulations of the Commissioners, or by the Commissioners in default of appointment by the Board of Guardians, shall be, respectively, such as are hereinafter specified. DUTIES OF THE MASTER. ARTICLE 64.-The following shall be the duties of the Master of the workhouse : No. 1.--To admit paupers into the workhouse in obedience WORKHOUSE require relief through any sudden and urgent neces- No. 2. To register the name and religious persuasion of No. 4.-To read prayers to the paupers before breakfast No. 5. To cause the paupers to be inspected, and their names called over, immediately after morning prayers every day, in order that it may be seen that each individual is clean and in a proper state. No. 6. To provide for and enforce the employment of the able-bodied adult paupers during the whole of the hours of labour; to assist in training the youth in such employment as will best fit them for gaining their own living; to keep the partially disabled paupers occupied to the extent of their ability; and to allow none who are capable of employment to be idle at any time. No. 7. To visit the sleeping wards of the male paupers at eleven o'clock in the forenoon of each day, and to see that such wards have been all duly cleansed and properly ventilated. No. 8.-To see that the meals of the paupers are properly dressed and served, and to superintend the distribution thereof, in accordance with Articles 16, 19, and 20. No. 9.-To say, or cause to be said, grace before and after meals. No. 10. To see that the dining-halls, tables, and seats are cleansed after each meal. No. 11. To visit all the wards of the male paupers at or before nine o'clock every night, and see that all the male paupers are in bed, and that all fires and lights are extinguished. 5 FEB. 1849. No. 12. To receive from the porter the keys of the WORKHOUSE entrance to the workhouse at nine o'clock every night, RULES OF and to deliver them to him again at six o'clock every morning, or at such hours as shall, from time to time, be fixed by the Board of Guardians and approved by the Commissioners. No. 13. To see that the male paupers are properly clothed, and that their clothes are kept in proper repair. No. 14. To send for the Medical Officer of the workhouse in case any pauper is taken ill or becomes insane; and to take care that all sick and insane paupers are duly visited by the Medical Officer, and are provided with such medicines and attendance, diet, and other necessaries, as the Medical Officer shall in writing direct and to apprize the nearest relation in the workhouse of the sickness of any pauper. And in the case of dangerous sickness, to send for the Chaplain or other licensed minister of the persuasion of the pauper, as well as for any relative or friend of such pauper, resident within a reasonable distance, whom he may desire to see. No. 15. To give immediate information of the death of any pauper in the workhouse to the Medical Officer, and to the nearest relations of the deceased who may be known to him, and who may reside within a reasonable distance; and if the body be not removed within a reasonable time, to provide for the interment thereof. No. 16. To take charge of the clothes and other articles, if any, of such deceased pauper, and deliver an inventory thereof to the next meeting of the Board of Guardians, who shall give the necessary directions respecting the same. No. 17.--To keep all books of accounts which he is, or hereafter may be, by any order under the seal of the Commissioners, directed and required to keepa; to allow the same to be constantly open to the inspection of any of the Guardians of the union, and to submit the same to the Guardians at their meetings. No. 18.-To keep a book in the form (B) to this Order annexed, to be entitled "The Diet Class Book," in which he shall, every evening, enter the numbers of the several classes of healthy and sick inmates, as ascertained by the daily roll-call in each department of the workhouse, as directed in Article 15. No. 19. To keep a Daily Diet Book in the form (C)e to this Order annexed; and for the better regulation of the issues of provisions from store, to ascertain and enter in the said book, before each meal, the numbers a See Accounts Order, sec. 2, p. 803. |