London and its Environs Described, Volume IV, Page 216 & 217

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admission of women, they are to be at the hospital by ten o'clock in the forenoon, no letters of recommendation being re- ceived after that hour, it being necessary, for the dispatch of the business of the hos- pital, that their affidavits should be pre- pared and sworn to, before the weekly board sits, who enter upon business at eleven. During their continuance in the house, necessaries are provided for them and their children, at the sole charge of the hospi- tal; no money or other gratuity is to be taken of them by the nurses, or by any of the officers or servants of the house, on any pretence whatsoever. That this excellent charity may be ren- dered more extensively useful to the pub- lic, and that not only this great metro- polis, but the remotest parts of the king- dom may be supplied with well-instructed and experienced midwives, four female pupils at a time are permitted to attend the hospital, in order to their being in- structed in midwifery. These pupils must be widows or married women, not less than twenty-five years of age, of a sober character, and such as are approved of by the committee. These are allowed to stay and board six months in the hospital, during which they dine at the steward's
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and matron's table. The gentlemen of the faculty who attend the hospital, at stated times, give them lectures in mid- wifery, and instruct them how to act in all natural and difficult births. And when they are thoroughly instructed, and suffi- ciently experienced, they receive from these gentlemen, on their leaving the hos- pital, certificates of their qualification. The expences of their instruction and board in the hospital have been settled at a general court; the particulars of which any persons desirous of becoming pupils may be informed of, by applying to the matron of the hospital. But no pupils of the male sex are permitted to attend this hospital. The officers of this hospital, are, a per- petual President, four Vice-Presidents, and a Treasurer, who are chosen annually. Two Physicians, and two Surgeons, practicing midwifery, deliver the women in difficult cases. These gentlemen also meet at the hospital in consultation every Tuesday morning. A Chaplain reads divine service in the hospital, baptizes the children, churches the women, and performs the necessary duties belonging to his function. An Apothecary prepares such medicines
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