The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-02-08


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no time 10 ios, and the captain ~ super
irttndDnt ran promptly get to the sftnl
~ action. IN The same way any pafttrt
iaf guard ran De- called ~ tho Ufprs i
required.
Ih, captain always makes round @
nil The wards before going on watch ans
N he observes anything wrong tsuch a.
some part ~ the ward left unuloan. otr
hu reports n 70 the captain whom be- u
going 10 relieve. and that captain " rp.
qulfed 60 fectify the omission before ~.
lux OF watch.
Each captain is required 10 keen u
watch record In which everything hap.
penlng during his watch, no matter how
trivial, IL entered. IN addition to this
he must Keep q bright lookout and see
that the guards are attending strictly 90
their duty and report any derellction 9f
the same TO the assistant superintendent
as soon as possible. Al night the cap
tain ~ required to make the rounds OF
the asylum several times during his
watch No particular time is set FOR
him TO DO so, as the guards are not so
liable 10 sleep II they believe the cap
tain may turn up at any time
The guards and nurses upon coming on
watch In the daytime are required to ar
rive half an hour before the proper time
to go en- watch, so tnat they can have
their meals before doing so. AT eight
bells 6 a. m. and 4 y. m ships bells
are struck all through twenty-four
hours they proceed to their respective
wards and relieve the old guards, who
go to their meals, and then go home. At
midnight the new guard Is required to
wait outside the entrance gate until the
bell strikes eight when they come In
side, report to their captain, and pro-
ceed to their respective wards and re-
lieve the old guard.
Guards and nurses after sundown are
required to make the rounds of their re-
spective wards every half hour.
BATHING.
All patients are bathed three times a
week Tuesdays and Thursdays cold
BATH and Saturdays hot bath. The
general procedure is as follows: Tues
days and Thursdays, S a. m, the cap
tain calls No. guard to the gate. ile,
the captair then proceeds to the bath
house and supervises the bathing OF all
the patients who are Brought 10 the
bath-house, one ward at n time IN charge
of their respective guards The same
procedure is carried out in the female
ward under the supervision of the mat
ron. Saturdays, the same as above, eS-
cept that on this day there is one guard
charge Of washing the dirty clothes, the
same being done by a few of the crust
worthy patients. AS the patients get
through bathing on this day suit of
clean clothes is issued to each of them.
The dirty clothes, after being washed
are hung to dry and then sorted out. All
clothes that are damaged are repaired
on the following Monday, by patients
under supervision of the guards of No. l
ward.
Each ward is thoroughly cleansed and
every morning before
o o'clock.
All patients, with the exception of
those in No. 2 and NO. wards, dine up
on the lawns in front of their respective
wards large dining-table and
benches are provided for each ward for
this purpose. In case of rainy weather
they dine on the verandas of their re-
spective wards.
Breakfast-6:30 a. m; beef stew, rice,
coffee, soft bread, crackers and poi
Dinner 80 a. M; soups, tomato, ver-
miceli, vegetables and macaroni; boiled
beef, taro, poi rice; three times a week
boiled mutton once a week fresh fish;
pork and beans.
Supper-4:30 p. m; beef prepared in
various ways, meat balls, etc, soft bread,
tea.
In cases of sickness, beef tea, tapioca,
sago, corn-starch, eg.,s and milk, poi
and milk, eggnogs, etc.
Private patients get their meals direct
ly from the assistant superintendent
house, and are charged at the rate Of
10 cents per diem.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The guards and nurses are required TO
nave all their tiantS nj 1s
md on the lawns of their respective
quarters by breakfast lin fine weatheD. |
n rainy weather they are out of the
wards but on the verandas. In no case /
5 patient allowed to occupy his cell /
Turing the day. If he or she should be
II, the hospital cell reserved in each .
ward would be used. No restraint is al .
owed to be put on any patient except II
$ absolutely necessary; then only at the
Erection of the physician in charge The
orms of restraint used are as follows: .
First-Heavy wooden armchairs with u
apboaid fastening across the arms of
he chair and locked with a paddock.
Second-lrons in very extreme cases, a
Gather wrisuet being put on first to
void chatting of the skin.
Third-Leather wrstlets lined with
hamois leather. These wristlets are
lade so that a belt can be used with
hem, which, being passed around the
atients wrist, keeps him from raising
is arm to strike, at the same time al
wing him enough freedom to feed him
III, etc.
Fourth Gloves these are used, as a
eneral rule, TO prevent patient from
moving bandages, etc, from his per- s
)n 5
Whenever "a patient is put in restraint $
lie same is entered in book (kept for
nat purpose in the superintendent Of ,
ce) by the captain of the watch. In ad-
tion to the watch record restraint
ook kept by the captains, there is
onthly record kept of each individual ]
atient. AT the end of every month the t
lptains watch record is gone over and
'erything that has happened during the 4
onth is entered in the superintendent !
cord book, which contains everything /,
note concerning the patient.
a monthly report OF the inmates is made ,
II at the end OF each month, giving the Il
lumber admitted during the month, the o
lmber discharged, and the number who I
ave died, with their nationalitles, sex, X
&c, asylum number. etc.
A patient upon being admitted 10 the