The orders of the house are:
I. That no patient is to be admitted but who brings a recommendation in writing, signed by a Governor, or one of the weekly committee.
II. That all recommendations for the admission of patients are received every Saturday morning till eleven o’clock.
III. Every patient is obliged to submit to the rules and orders of the house, or be discharged for irregularity.
IV. No person discharged for irregularity, can ever be received into the house again, on any recommendation whatsoever.
V. That no Governor have more than one patient in the house at a time; and that a preference be always given to those who subscribe the largest sums, so far as the case of the patient will admit.
VI. That no nurse, or any other person belonging to this hospital, do presume to take any reward whatsoever from any patient, either at their admission, continuance in the house, or discharge out of it, on pain of being immediately expelled, by order of the next weekly board.
VII. That no security at the admission of any patient be required for his burial; but when any patient dies in the hospital, he or she shall be buried at the expence of the society, unless it be otherwise desired by the friends of the deceased.
The contributors are desired to send their subscriptions to the Treasurer at the weekly board, held every Saturday morning in the hospital; and in order to supply the current expence of the charity, the subscribers are requested to pay their annual subscriptions in advance.
There is a poor’s box in the public hall, for the reception of small sums, or from such as are not willing to have their names inserted in the list of subscribers.