On provident dispensaries as a means for promoting the public health / by James Christie.

  • Christie, James, 1829-1892.
Date:
[1880?]
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Credit: On provident dispensaries as a means for promoting the public health / by James Christie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    .drm can ouly joiw with one of their pai^uts or guardians. Not more thaii three childivn will be chaigetl for in any one fkC. All others will be free. (JJere /id/ow rules as to jxiy- wtetits in advance, aiid arrears.) Applicants for membership actually Buffering from illness, i^uiriiig niediail ti-watment, must pay six mouths in ailvaUce. Patients who are able must attend at the dispensary at the appointed times, bringing their nu*ml)er'8 canls with t' Patients too ill to attend at the tliK|>ensary must send tLci! ' . before ten o'clock in the morning, to the rentlence of hk- iiu*dical orticer they have cliosen, who will aee them at their homea In cases of sudden ilhu>ss or accident, memben will be attended at any time on sending their caixls to any oob of the medical officers. Marrie<l women, having be(*n membera for three months, may be att<*nde<l in their confinements by one of the meiliiral officers u|K)n payment of 15s., or by one of the mitlwives upon juiymcnt of 7a. Gd. These ji.iyinents may be made in one sum, or by instalmentH of not loss llian 2k. Cd. each, and must be completed one month Ix'fore conliiiement. The midwives will, in casea of danger or difliculty, call for the assist- ance of one of the medical officera skilled in nii<lwifery. The chiUlren of memliers will Ik; vaccinated without charge. VI. Mediral Officern.—The niodica) officers will bo elected by the committee of management froni persons (jualifiod to practice under the Me<lical Uegistration Act, at legist seven days' jtrevious notice of vacancies l»eing given by public atlvertisement. The medi- cal officers will attcn<l at the dispensary on such days and hours as the managing committee deem requisite, and will visit patients at their own homes whenever the caae requires it. They shall each keep a register, acconling to a ]»re8cribed form, of all cases treated by them, and report quart^^-rly to the committ-ee on the statistics of health of the meml)ers under their care. One-half of the payments of the provident members (with the exception of the midwifery fees) will l>e divided at the end of every quarter or half year among the medical officers, in proportion to the amounts rcceive<l from mem- bers registere^l under their names. The midwifery fees payable to the me^li'^'^l officers will be made up to one pound for each case out of the a. i vry fund. The balance of members' payments, together with the contributions of honorary members, will be appropriated towards the expenses of management. The committee will distri- bute at least two-thirds of it among the medical officers. Assistants shall not be employed without the permission of the committee.