The Mediæval Hospitals of England

by Rotha Mary Clay

CHAPTER X THE HOUSEHOLD AND ITS MEMBERS

“No more brethren or sisters shall be admitted than are necessary to serve the infirm and to keep the goods of the house.” (St. John’s, Nottingham.)

THE hospital family varied widely in size and in the arrangement of its component parts, but this chapter, like the preceding, is concerned chiefly with the type of institution which had a definite organization. The establishments for infected persons will first be considered.