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that in any municipality where a special hospital is maintained for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, the other hospitals in that municipality may be relieved of the requirement.

17. There shall be provided in every hospital, accommodation for the treatment of cases of delirium tremens or other acute delirium.

18. There shall be provided in every hospital, accommodation for the care and treatment of maternity cases.

19. Every secretary or superintendent of every hospital shall send a weekly report every Monday to the local medical officer of health, showing the number of cases of typhoid fever, or pulmonary tuberculosis admitted during the preceding week, and giving the name and residence of every such patient and the total number of such cases in the hospital at the date of said report, according to form A hereto or to the like effect.

20. Every superintendent or secretary shall keep in every hospital a complete record of all cases submitted to such hospital and such record shall be according to form B hereto or to the like effect.

21. Every superintendent or secretary of every hospital shall keep a record of all illegitimate children born therein, according to form C hereto or to the like effect, and shall make a monthly report to the Superintendent of Neglected and Dependent Children.

22. Every superintendent or secretary of every hospital shall make an annual return of the movement of patients according to form D hereto or to the like effect.

23. No grant shall be made under The Hospitals Ordinance to any hospital for patients admitted thereto for a longer period than one hundred and twenty consecutive days.

24. For the purpose of these regulations, three months' continuous residence in any city, town, village or rural municipality in the Province of Alberta, shall constitute bona fide residence in such city, town, village or rural municipality.

25. When any indigent person is admitted, cared for, or treated in a hospital, the actual expenses incurred thereby or in connection therewith, except medical or surgical fees, shall be paid by the city, town, village or rural municipality of which such indigent person is a bona fide resident. The onus of proving that such indigent person is not a bona fide resident of any municipality as mentioned in this section, shall be on the city, town, village or rural municipality charged.

26. In the case of the death of any indigent person as mentioned in section 25, the city, town, village or rural municipality of which such deceased person was a bona fide resident, shall pay to the hospital in which such death occurred the expenses in

connection with the burial of such deceased person to an amount not exceeding $15.00.

27. Any municipality may make an agreement with the trustees or governing body of any hospital, to pay a fixed annual or per capita sum for the treatment of its indigent residents, and when such agreement is made, there shall be no further liability under these regulations except for burial expenses on the part of the municipality.

28. Nothing in these regulations contained shall exempt the estate of any deceased person from liability to pay for the care and treatment or the burial expenses of such person.

29. No aid shall be granted under The Hospitals Ordinance to any hospital hereafter established in any town, village or rural municipality in which a hospital receiving government aid is already established and in operation, unless such additional hospital is established with the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

30. During the period of noncompliance with any of the provisions of these regulations by any hospital, no aid under The Hospitals Ordinance shall be granted to said hospital.

31. Every hospital receiving aid under The Hospitals Ordinance may be inspected by the Provincial Medical Officer of Health, or anyone appointed by him, at least twice yearly.

PROVINCE OF ALBERTA THE HOSPITALS ORDINANCE

Weekly return of cases of Typhoid and Pulmonary Tuberculosis admitted to

during the week ending Saturday,

191.

A copy of this return must be sent to the Local Medical Officer of Health each Monday.

Disease

Name

Address

Total number of cases of Typhoid and Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Hospital Saturday,

Age

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Record to be kept by every superintendent or secretary.

Hospital.

Form B

Name of re

Date of

Date of

Name

Residence Disease Age Sex Nationality Occupation Religion latives and friends

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No of days in Hospital

Result of treatment

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A copy of this return must be sent to the Superintendent of Neglected Children, Edmonton, on the last day of the month as required by the Regulations

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