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Conversion of workhouse hospital into district hospital.
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90.—(1) A board of guardians, with the consent of the Local Government Board, may make regulations for—
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(a) the conversion of their workhouse hospital into a district hospital; and
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(b) the transfer of the duties and powers of the guardians as regards such hospital and the administrative control thereof to a committee of hospital governors appointed by the guardians of whom two-thirds at least shall be members of the board; and
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(c) the payment and accommodation under which private patients may be admitted.
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(2) Subject to the regulations of the Local Government Board and to the powers of that Board with respect to guardians and their officers, the guardians, acting through the said committee, shall properly manage and maintain such district hospital, and may appoint and remove officers, and regulate expenditure, and may receive and apply for the benefit of such district hospital any endowments or subscriptions given by private persons for that purpose.
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(3) Subject to the general control of the guardians in respect of all moneys provided out of rates, the acts of the committee shall not require confirmation by the guardians.
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(4) The guardians shall have power to dissolve the committee at any time on giving six months notice of their intention so to do, but such dissolution shall not invalidate any act done by the committee before dissolution.
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