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until the complaint is investigated; (&
appealed about to the Local Government Board
if thought necessary).
The Matron must be admitted, censured, &
suspended by the Managers; & if discharged soley by the
sanction of the Local Govt. Bd.
Liverpool Workhouse case
I might say that it is because the Governor
& not the Medical Officer: the Governor "who
"is supreme over the whole Establishment",
Medical Officers & all: that it "works harmoniously"
And the "Hospital Committee" is the real
practical head of the "Lady Supt." - (her
real masters, as they ought to be -) & not
the Governor.
The Medical Officer at Liverpool Workhouse
has no administrative authority whatever
over the Nursing Staff.
And when there was a bad Governor, we know the result to
poor Agnes Jones - the first Lady Supt., who died there.