The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-07
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time one is stationed on the veranda of
the ward and the other on the lawn
with the patients AT night both are sta
toned on the veranda of the ward.
No. Ward-One matron and two
nurses in the daytime. One nurse is on
the lawn in front of the ward; the other
lis on the lawn at the back of the ward.
The matron has no particular station,
going where she is most needed and hav-
ing general supervision of the nurses.
At night both nurses are stationed in
the ward with their patients in the day
time.
No. 6 Ward-One guard; this guard S
station is on the lawn between No. and
No. 6. 1t is his duty when No. 2 guard
lis called to guard the gate to move his
position sufficiently so that he can OBJ
serve the No. patients without neglect
| ing those belonging to his own ward. At
night this mans station is on the veran-
da of his ward.
Each ward is in direct communicat ton
with the superintendent office, where
the captain is stationed, by means of a
system of electric call bells. If any trou-
BILE arises during the night in any of the
wards, the guard by pushing the electric
call button the number of times CORE
spending to the number of his ward, inn
mediately notifies the captain and as
sistant superintendent of the particular
!
no time is lost and the captain or super
tintendent can promptly get to the scene
| of action. In the same way any particu-
lar guard can be called to the office If
required.
The captain always makes a round OF
all the wards before going on watch and
if he observes anything wrong (such as
some part of the ward left unclean, etc.,
he reports tito the captain whom he IS
going to relieve, and that captain is re-
quired to rectify the omission before go
ing off watch.
Each captain is required to keep
watch record in which everything hap
pening during his watch, no matter how
trivial, is entered. In addition to this
he must keep a bright lookout and see
that the guards are attending strictly to
their duty and report any dereliction Of
the same to the assistant superintendent
as soon as possible. AT night the cap
tain is 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 to sleep if they believe the cap
tain may turn up at any time.
1 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 on watch, SO that they can have
their meals before doing so. At eight
Il.
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, andapr2-
I coed to their respective wards aadsTe-
{ lieve the old guard.
5 Guards and nurses after shutdown are
; required to make the rounds of their re-
!, spective wards every half hour.
; BATHING.
All patients are bathed three times 6
3 week, Tuesdays and Thursdays colo
3 bath, and Saturdays hot bath. The
& general procedure is as follows: Tues
6 days and Thursdays a. M, the cap
Is tain calls No guard to the gate. i7e
Z the captain, then proceeds to the bath
house and supervises the bathing of al
the patients who are brought TO tn
bath house one ward at time In charg
of their respective guards. The sam
procedure is carried out in the femai
ward under the supervision of the mat
ron Saturdays, the same as above, e.;
cept that on this day there is one guar
j detailed to fire the boiler and hav
icharge of washing the dirty clothes, in
same being done by a few of the trust
worthy patients. As the patients sc
through bathing this day a suit G
clean clothes is issued to each of then
The dirty clothes, after being washe,
are hung to dry and then sorted out. a
clothes that are damaged are repalre
on the following Monday, by patients
under supervision of the guards of No.
ward
Each ward is thoroughly cleansed an
disinfected every morning before
o'clock.
All patients, with the exception
those in No. 2 and NO. 6 wards, dine III
on the lawns in front of their respectiN
wards. A large dining-table an
benches are provided for each ward Il
this purpose. In case of rainy weathS
they dine on the verandas of their II
+, spective wards.
Breakfast-6:30 a. M; beef stew, ric
coffee, soft bread, crackers and poi.
Dinner-11 80 a. m; soups, tomato, We
micelli, vegetables and macaroni; boile
beef, taro, poi rice; three times wee
boiled mutton once a week fresh MS
Sundays pork and beans.
Supper-4:30 p. M; beef prepared
various ways, meat balls, etc, soft brea
bananas, tea.
In cases of sickness, beef tea, tap1oc
sago corn-starch, eggs and milk,
and milk, eggnogs, etc
Private patients get their meals d1rec
ly from the assistant superintendent
house and are charged at the rate
80 cents per diem.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The guards and nurses are required
have all their patients out of the war
and on the lawns of their respecti
quarters by breakfast Gin fine weathe
In rainy weather they are out of t