Yet neither was considered "at all
to blame." The very fact of the accident happening proves its own case.
There is nothing more to be said. Either they did not know their
business or they did not know how to perform it.
To be "in charge" is certainly not only to carry out the proper measures
yourself but to see that every one else does so too; to see that no one
either wilfully or ignorantly thwarts or prevents such measures. It is
neither to do everything yourself nor to appoint a number of people to
each duty, but to ensure that each does that duty to which he is
appointed. This is the meaning which must be attached to the word by
(above all) those "in charge" of sick, whether of numbers or of
individuals, (and indeed I think it is with individual sick that it is
least understood. One sick person is often waited on by four with less
precision, and is really less cared for than ten who are waited on by
one; or at least than 40 who are waited on by 4; and all for want of
this one person "in charge.)"
It is often said that there are few good servants now: I say there are
few good mistresses now.
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