In a letter of April 1909, Dr. Horace Wrinch wrote to the Methodist Mission Rooms in Toronto and set out the rules he had laid down for patients at the Hazelton Hospital.
Rules
1. Meal Hours: Breakfast —7.30 to 8.00 a.m.; Dinner—12.00 to 1.00 p.m.; Tea— 5.00 to 6.00 p.m.
2. Patients may receive visitors, at the discretion of the attending physician, any time between the hours of 10.00 a.m. and 9.30 p.m.
3. Visitors must obtain permission from the attending physician or lady superintendent before leaving any article of food, such as fresh fruit, candies, or luxuries of any kind, with any patient.
4. Patients are invited to use the privileges of the verandah or balcony as much as possible but must not go into the room of any other patient, or into the kitchen or other apartments of the hospital, except by permission of the lady superintendent.
5. In certain cases smoking may be permitted on the balcony or verandah, but not inside the hospital.
6. Holders of tickets will be given as good accommodation as is available at any time required.
7. Gas must be turned out at 10.00 p.m. [At this time the hospital was lit by acetylene gas, with equipment supplied by the Siche Gas Company.] [Original letter is in the T. Egerton Shore papers at the United Church of Canada Archives in Toronto.]