The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-01-14 00:00:00

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Dr. Ceram reed the fellowthe Toni owfull,-PcP•g°l
report. and soma twat cliborate it L. 14101.
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Gentlemen,—ln subnttngssy ritport for you ap•
prove! I beg to drisr attention to the very eadefeetege
ealliter7 elate of the Ittepital. • proof of which may be
114.111•11 from t'te &home" ..f ours of Mood enlivening
fl" am," end .rreiPe! a-1.1 tho simslt death rate—l in
the rem., or 19 pr cnt.—r.'c.r?ed dirty the past 11
months, althourti there ha 10-en • list of severe ea se of
injury and ether fti ins of prallsposing under
fierenrabil oondtkons to those disorders. It i• trite re
have had thee., -I.ght rue, of erysip..iss tiering rh
bet they seem accotuated fcr by the mutilations and
provieu history of the_estients. A. 4 these recovered and
DO spread occurred. The ward for the receptions of in.
factious came, thanks to the energy of the Committee o!
Management, has le in pet ipt) a err), ifficient state for
leolatine any tees of the kind that might from time to
time occur within the hoepittl. noire hoe been an un-
Insular "rest demand upon the holds an the male wards
daring the summer and autumn months, savors! oases
having ben obliged to wait coins weeks before admissiou,
which was granted thew fur the most part in the order
of application, bet 41 ne preference wee shown to very
urgent cases. In the female warts the pressure
ham not been at all excessive. From the sub-
joined statisUcts will be seen in Table I. the
nature and average length of stay of the various accidents
which have occurred during the pet year, also tad'.
results. Table 11. contains • Meek:sties and number of
the various discreet of the in-patients treated, and Table
111. the soma of the outpatient& Following these is the
number of casual cases attended to—casuals. 1 may
remark, consist of minor accidents, as eut Angers. he,
deetistrY, and patients applying for medical rlicl bet wean
the meetings of the committee. As • rule the last-
mentioced are temporarily relieved, and at the following
committee meeting are admitted patients in the usual
way, under the physician or surgeon as the cuss may be.
There has been • emsidcrthle ine,aie in the number of
pat'ente treat d during 1878, over that of 1877. It is se
follows '
1N77. 1878. Inassaas.
In-patient s 340 361 11
Outpatiente . . 508 690 10
Renewed In-patients . 60 84 15
Renewed Outpatients 368 450 es
Casuals 1161 1118 187
The dispensing haa been vary efficiently perf. rmed by
Mr. C. Carer, who has consulted economy by manu-
facturing most of the drum', on which s saving could be
'drooled. It affords in. much pl uore to state that the
emadoet of the patient' has on the whole been very good,
and the nursing very efficiently performed, more par.
ticialarly in the female wards.
Colonel Otortigto
and tables ted tho house surgeon's report
the printed.
NAM BINONAX answered if they had sufficient fund.,
they would he very glad to publish the table.; but the
general feeling in Committee was they were "Inching
Mame and the small addiiiolll or expense had put them
on the wrong aide of the treasurer', books.
The Rev. H. KRla.m said the report is most valuable,
and they did not want to damp Mr. Capon's seal and
ardour in any way.
Kr. "LOT= thought there was no fear of that
The committee's report was then unanimously received
and dopted.
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Colonel OLDFIBLD moved that the house surgeon's re-
port be printed. •
Dr. Lose seoonded, conaidering the expense would be
small. The report of the Salisbury infirmary oontaina
similar tablea
Kr. FLOUR replied it would be a pity to have na-
seceissry printing.
The Rey. It Eviumw was in (avow of having the re-
port In a pamphlet fam—
ilia Mr. )LOYCII, having been accustomed to it many
years, liked the present fonu.
With a debt of IMO said Rev. H. EYnsmrr, they ought
not to incur greater expense.
Mr. GLIJIN : It was stated In committee that the
/Printing (e( thee, tables) would out between £.5 and
CIO
On • divides, only Colonel Olrifield sod Dr. Loch
voted for printing the statistics, and several against. So
the motion was lost
Oases BINQUAN proposed the election of Mr. Robert
Williams. Jun., as treasarer, and hoped he would Wm
good oars of their money (A laugh.)
Mr. AMOUR !Gam seconded, and Mr. Williams WU
unanimously elected.
The Rev. H. &miff moved the re-appointment of the
oosareittea
Smoded by the Rev. T. W. Kortra, and carried.
Claims] OLLIMILD said the., had always been great
difficulty in getting in to. bills between the end of
December and the IA or Rh of January, and, therefore,
In examining the accounts, or even looking into them at
all. Me proposed to alter the rule doing the annual
meetings for the " first fortnight in Januare—to " daring
the month of January. There had been a metal con.
moms of lite committee that this would give more time
for the accounts to be overhauled. No one could keep time
accounts better than their present clerk, Mr. Brown ; but
he had always felt he oould not pews 11101 about them,
because there was no time.

Canon—BWoit—i7ec-Oald. ThM yom there load boon
almost • my greet difficulty. because Kr. Brown had
teen so much knocked up, first by bronchitis, and then by
the main of work, that he wrote asking that the general
meeting might be deferred. Supposing, also, there had
been a little more choice of daya or latitude as to time.
Lord Dishy might have been present.
Mr. 7LOTEII rernarked it is desirable to keep the meet-
ing much shoot the game time; in January many appoint.
meats are made, and it la avast advantage to know what
meetings at. coming.
Colonel Otani= would alter hia proposition so aa to
have the meeting in the last fortnight o( January instead
of the first.
The alteration was decided on.
Mr. R. Wows= moved that the thank, of the
Governors be given to the Medical Officers.
The Maros (Mr. A. Pope) had great pleasure in second-
ing that; they had a most efficient staff, as the report
&owed,.

--TI-te—Coimuise sups 'Mod, awl the Tote was cordially
Partrtran expressing his MIMS of the vote so pleasantly
period.
Mr. J. F. 1101 MICE, jun., knowing the arduous labours
that devolved on the committee, moved the thanks of the
°wanton to the chairman and member..
Dr. ElOOll seconded, aod this clan was carried.
C 5.11017 BINGIUM acknowledged this vote so often
repeated. The last had been • very pleasant yea, he did
not remember a more pleasant one among the committee
daring his long time of Mlloe. He then thanked the
Chairman for being ready whenever there is • break-
down. Mr. Plover was always to the front, and if be
(Canon Bingham) had a tweak-down as he was going home
to ligeluomba, which seemed very possible, be hoped Mr.
Moyer might Mt there to help him out of the 'now. (A
lawd)
responding, hoped Mr. Bingham would
not hare such an accident as would endanger life or

-16..8. Wiwi mined the drat opportunity of
acknowledging the honour doss in electing him treasurer,
tad the meeting then closed.