The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-22 00:00:00

JANUARY 22, 1856.]

'SOUTHERN AND TOXTETH HOSPITAL.

THE annual meeting of the subscribers and friends of this
tustltution was held at the Clarendon-rooms, at twelve o'clock,
resterday; Samuel Job, Esq., in the chair.
The
CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said he had
Ileh Pleasure in announcing to the gentlemen present that
%is was the fourteenth annual meeting of the subscribers of
the •
Institution, and that the report on this occasion had a
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11 11 cheering aspect than it showed last year. By the
"reeattrer's accounts it appeared that the donations and sub-
-B:l‘iPtians reached the handsome sum of nearly £3,000. This
"tira had been chiefly subscribed by the merchants of Liver-
tsl, Who knew the value of the institution. He called upon
e Rev. J. Robberds to read the annual report.

REPORT.
From the return, carefully prepared by the house-surgeon,
it appears that during the past year there have been 3,748
Pacations for medical. and surgical relief. Of these, from
!severe nature of the cases, 1,276 were such as to require
n into the hospital, while the remaining 2,472 were
Zed as out-patients. These numbers exhibit a slight de-
ofe as compared with the preceding year.
the above cases no less than 2,816 were accidents, ex-
race thus continuing to prove conclusively the necessity
to in this locality, by the indispensable aid afforded
Ito,l'fle,se urgent cases in which distance, and consequent delay
prolone• the agony of the sufferer, and increase the
iifinger of death. Of the 20 submersion cases, all recovered,
tis„ll°, g the value of the internal arrangements of the institu-
re,,llY which a hot bath is always instantly available for the
ztion of such cases.
of 'lle class of in-patients has included no less than 99 cases
DrAnunds of the head and face ; a larger number than in any
caned,
year. These are cases which in most hospitals are
e.,:aed, for their extreme liability to erysipelas. In the few
7 in which this has occurred recovery has invariably taken
dp;,,". Two instances of erysipelas in the arm have, however,
roved fatal; but these were in very old men, with broken-
-R constitutions, whose cases were hopeless when admitted.
tlia„ e Proportion of deaths is greater by about one-seventh
has',in the preceding year, but the number of hopeless cases
aLSO been greater, thus virtually reducing it to almost the
same rate.
From the continued prevalence of high prices and other
'roidable causes, the expenses of the hospital have again
Dt.‘,4 heavy, and the committee continue to be painfully im-
kred by the great disproportion between the expenditure
the regular income. For the present, indeed, the
ZPital is released from the burden of debt which had ac-
t r rulated, and the committee think it only due to two of
thlr members, Mr. Farnworth and Mr. Aikin, to record here
e' grateful sense of the obligation to them which the
e hospital is under, for their most generous and successful
Lvrtions, and also to the donors by whom those exertions
ire been so liberally met. But the result of such exertions
prenlsainlY to release the hospital from temporary difficulty and
Stire. The chronic disproportion between the income and
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expenditure must again encumber the institution with a
beviving weight of debt, for the removal of which it would not
fie, or reasonable to rely upon a renewal, from time to
e, of such extraordinary efforts as have just been gratefully
referred to ; and it will become necessary, either to procure, by
of luelY extended subscription-list, or other means, an increase
jo not less than £BOO per annum in the regular and certain
tteelne, to maintain the institution in its present state of
opoeleoeY, or else to curtail most seriously the beneficial
teration of the hospital, which is already restricted, for the
4,,,et Part, to those urgent and acute cases, which it would be
Cest impossible to turn away from the doors. So far are
alteeeoMmittee from being willing to acquiesce in this latter
Plative, that they would greatly desire, did their financial
114811i0n permit, to increase the number of beds to one
ndred so as to raise the hospital to the rank of a chartered
rtitution, with the privilege of taking pupils, from whom
Irould be receivable, and recognition as a medic,al and
gical school. Could this extension be prudently effected, a
neater amount of good could be done with a less propor-
41ate expense, as the requisite accommodation already exists,
I'4, the present staff of officials would scarcely require to be
tio',leased. Spch an elevation of the character of the institu-
th“ would be attended with the important advantage, that
etc Pupils would relieve the house-surgeons of the most irk-
and laborious of their duties, and thus lessen the diffi-
to 'lt of finding eligible candidates for the office, which, owing
)atre demand created by the war, and the competition of
)attle'e lucrative and important situations, the committee have
rIY found to be exceedingly great; and the higher terms
toileh it has, consequently, become necessary to offer, consti-
Aimle unavoidable source of increased annual expense.
e committee have to lament the recent removal by death
OF "e of the oldest and firmest friends of the hospital, their
41e11-esteemed vice-president, the late Joseph Brooks Yates,
who was greatly instrumental to the original establish-
res li‘ of the institution, indefatigable in promoting its inte-
t
kids as president during the first eight years of its existence,
eon ?entinued to the last to devote to it much generous per-
al and pecuniary aid. It was his often and earnestly ex-
Nit wish that the hospital should assume the elevated
i' and attain to the more extended usefulness above sug-
doted as desirable, and it would be a source of great satisfac-
o
wen to the committee, if the finances of the hospital could be
fea.ed in so healthy and satisfactory a state as to make it
Bible to accomplish his wish, thus paying the most appro-
rlate tribute to the memory of its principal founder and
•rlend.
eThe return of patients showed that 3748 had been under
treent during the year, of whom 3392 had been cured ; 61
treatment 4 discharged at their own and the
dead 77 ; under
88 Of these 2472 were out and the remainder in-
Patients •
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o, ".1r• JAMES HOUGHTON, treasurer, then read the statement
~accounts, which showed a balance in hand of £532 3s. 4d.
The donations, during the year, amount to no less than"
t 2,723 4s.
IIIr• H. HALHEAD moved that the report and accounts
printed'and circulated among the subscribers and donors.
le also urged additional exertion, as although it appeared
ir° la the report that there was a large balance in the hands of
the treasurer, yet most part of that was already needed for
17 necessary business of the hospital, and every effort should
7 Made by the friends of the institution to increase the
f"aher of regular subscriptions,and other permanent sources
I;e'renue, as money raised in that way was the only means
....which the institution could be kept out of debt.
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.r- ROBERT CHRISTIE seconded the motion, which was
-.4.111ed unanimously.
t 0 fir.
(Teams HorGHToN moved the thanks of the meeting
alr. Samuel Job, the chairman, in acknowledgment of his
past Year.
exertions for the welfare of the institution, during the
4-":..c Year.
ft.,441% JOB briefly replied, stating that he felt it a pleasure to
hib7Perate with such a diligent committee as had managed the
....i4esa of the hospital during the last year.
'at JOHN ATKIN moved a resolution, expressing the thanks
the.Of gentlemen present for the valuable exertions made by
the
'ee-presidents, Messrs. Ingram and Gregson.
• CHRISTIE seconded the motion, which was unanimously
likr- FISHER moved the thanks of the meeting to Mr.
"Rhton, the treasurer, and Messrs. Aikin and Farnworth,
Ittlijolrs, which was seconded, and carried unanimously.
ite7• lIIRMOOD BANNER proposed a vote of thanks to the
hi:. b. T. Barry, the honorary chaplain of the institution, for
krvaluable services, as well as to the Rev. Thomas Smith and
William Woollen
44. FISHER seconded the motion, which was carried unani-
100sly,
~r lixetu,Lat said he had great pleasure, for the fourteenth
oirile, in proposing a vote of thanks to the medical gentlemen
Op the
institution.
7r. HALHEAD seconded the motion, which was carried
,h
'‘Mituously.
HALHEAD moved a vote of thanks to the clergy who
114 advocated the claims of the hospital during the past year.
Motion was seconded by Mr. JAMES HOUGHTON, and
"'41111,1. Mously carried.
4:ar• JAMES HOUGHTON proposed a vote of thanks to the
Itithll°ll, and the ladies who had furnished the institution
- old linen, and other matters, which were at all times
glow.
the aeceptable. He said he was happy to state that, through
liberality
the of the merchants and inhabitants of Liverpool,
hospital had been cleared of all its debt, which last year
artlo
anted to a very large sum. Through, the exertions of
Aikin and Farnworth, donations to the amount of
''C)° had been obtained in addition to the regular sub-
eriPtions.
tr. INGRAM seconded the motion, which was carried
nha„.
41nously.
resolution, moved by Mr. MARTIN, and seconded by Mr.
of4l'°l•TEE, was carried unanimously, to the effect that a vote
rallks be given to the house surgeon and matron.
/4Nu"e Rev. Mr. ROBBERDS moved the appointment of Mr. Jas.
y:11131 as president of the institution during the present
• Mr. Ingram, he said, had acted as chairman of the com-
mittee for a great number of years, and was one of the fathers
of
4.41 e institution. It should also be known that it was through
exertions that the hospital received £1,200, the proceeds of
e'leanY Lind concerts.
1,,
C. J. RAwLINs seconded the motion, which was carried
'ea •
14rnewly
k •
1.• iLts HOUGHTON moved the appointment of the vice-
Ares, •
''''ents and committee. Mr. INGRAM seconded the motion,
rli,
was carried unanimously.
'ate of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro-
-'4lags.

tbLITLE ay ANT) PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.—A meeting of
Co f moiety was held last night, at the Royal Institution, in
kaTiitt-street, Bloxam, Esq., in the chair. • Mr. L. Hard-
G,,--
was balloted for and elected an ordinary member. Mr.
sat ''s' Morton read a paper on the subdivisions of the new red
e t 6", between the river Dee and the up-throw of the
ti Th
011"ea-slires east of Liverpool, which was illustrated by sec-
read a large scale, and well coloured. Mr. J. 'l'. Towson
1174144;Paper containing some additional observations on ice
the c„,—"nts to Australian voyages, and the probable fate of
P;;:lidi Ineng Star, which was listened to with great interest.
a &r BED LAST NIG-TEL—Shortly after eight o'clock, last night,
attar was discovered to have broken out in the workshopsur
Rlveu. eu th the extensive establishment of Mr. Hausb g,
aremelt and silversmith, in Church-street. These workshops
ueit,,,llated in Postoffice-place; and immediately on the fire,
Nareusenvered, a gentleman connected with Mr.Hausburg s
latto,Blspraent communicated an alarm to the West of Eng-
to. thiß ire Station, in Rotundaplace. The engine belonging
il)tedif e"Vany, under the direction of Mr. Barrett, was
tnee ?n the spot. A plentiful supply of water was also
""e r 'e', LelY procured, shortly after which Mr. Hewitt, with
qiar:, arrived, and by the active exertions of those in
tllbduep 'lle fire was confined to the workshops, and was soon
'1;044%, The property, we understand, is insured in the
Union, the West of England, and other offices.