The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-01-08 00:00:00

THE ROYAL HOSPITAL.

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The annual melding a( the above very valuable oharity
arm bald on Thursday, noon at the Rondtst whom
&mop( those present were : —The Kayofillir. Landis) hi
the chair, Dr. Moorhaed„ Mr. W. Eliot, r. R. if. Elot,
Rev. J. Stephenson, Rev. J. Lynes, Mr. Jmnse Robertson.
Mt. IL J. Bayley, Mr. C. F. Arden, hon. son. Ito.
111/WICAL IMPORT.
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1875, 107; admitted during the year, 1,187 ; total, LIU.
Of which number have been dieeharced meek 071;
relieved. 15: made 19.8etienia 1; died. ; remaining m
the books 185 'total. 1 214-
Raesamms in the house. let November,
1976, 1: admitted during the year. 80 ; total, 81. Of
which number have been dim:Wired cured, 51); relieved,
9; made out-patients, 2; died, 3 : remning in the home.
: 8: total. 81. Total number admitted to the te.nefita of
I the Diepenesry from its foun4:m.loa in 19101, 21,1011; total
BE tote 22•771
Inwmise; r ree
l. ivot ae in-patients from the Hospital in Ink
Dr. tioomeme said, aa statistics were seldom fully
intelligible to any but their compilers, he would take the
liberty of oomoseating Weer upon the report just
mbueitted. kt the outset be meowed that the report on
that occasion embraced a period of 14 months inetesd of
12 m at previous anniversaries That was due to a reso-
lution passed by the committee last year. that, Instead of the onisiosi neescing being bald se hitherto the first week
of November, it was desirable it siteedd in future take
piece ia ismer,. so that the Ihumealell yea of the Hcarpital
ini6l eetrespeed wlflsthseeteeas.lcel. By the adoption
of Ws sepmetles, it was heeled seseet telehrerel would be
prevesiee. es the subscribers wield sow andereteed that
embeedygieee peld ae aral red =WV* the current
year, and fleradasted we It plat worthy of
wake wee list the esheolheee
belekeifillhe iktni rules tbse ems apereillea el *he et 1877, were
woe sillibk •1111111 threi, es

ti°""dihe number. °l3lll aelle.itegirdedeitem""emin the ebovjuletninriorli="oon-
sideristsly Y previous Year. Attention
was particularly directed to these circumstances, by
tb..e wk. misht feel feminist to disparage the t own •
health resort, the iisetreare might tei drawn thatas ita
tenitary elate was receding from the hie, stendard
attained of late yeen. Such, however, he wee la yto
.y, we, not the can., as the desttersto announevi in the
Net allow report of the land unitary °Meer was only
about 16 per 1000, while the amount of nein»nu affecting
the pauper els» was represented by the highest authority
as certainly n .t on the Osmoses Ti.. avenge »nod
mortslity of Weymouth some yeas ago was 18 per 1000.
It should further be borne in mind that the outos itienta
dine not only from till. town, but frogn the eurr iuniting
Metric t, and from Portland, which senis • large and 'ammo-
nia contingent from year to year, while the In-patients. as
may have boon ob,erveel be the weokly repo.» in the
locol pre.r, sotuo of Clem, from the ,unt retuoto
p.n., of the oat, firing seen that an inoatient
!Wales* to New Zealand had lately been under treat-
ise:es • (menet» friend, evidently sceptical of the report,,
remarked that he wee trying to procure a ticket for •
hstiee of Fa who, he trusted, would be admitted. The
reply was "certainly "hut it was hoped the Fijian had
renounced his cannibal propensities I Those foreign
patients were brought to the Hospital through the mer-
chant ship. that found their way into Portland Roads.
With regard to out-patient., but two items in the report
under this head were deserving of notice. The first was
the large number of those who were only relieved (75).
T"his was due to the feet that many potties» with chronic
maladies, such as heart dines», malignant and other
tumours, conermed asthma, and coneuuiptiont but
: elpecially epil.pey, when one ticket is exhausted, pro-
cured another, and thus, while obtaining the beware of
the Hospital, were each c, suited several times in the
courts, of the rear. The 75 relieved were not, therefore
so many dietinet individuals, but represented, perhaps.
not more than one third of that number. The winery
death recorded was that of • young man suffering from
consumption, who suddenly expired at his home, while
under vestment at the Dispensary. Before dismiseing
this class of patients, Dr. Moorhead took the opportunity
, to remind subscribe» that, though household servants
were inadmissible, yet this rule of the charity was
occatioually infringed, no doubt through thoughtlemmees
on their part. Ample provide* for this clime of patients
already existed in the town at the Sanatorium, where, ae
out-patients, 'eremite and others were prescribed for
twice • week all the year round. Adverting to the in-
patients, Dr. Moorhead remarked that during the year
there had been under treatment seven sailors belonging
to the mercantile marine and two to the Royal Navy, also
a soldier of the 2tith regiumot. Of the seven sailors,
three or four defrayed all incidental expenses, whilst the
others, owing to their brief detention in the hospital,
were discharged without parities». A somewhat peculiar
case was that of • Malay, from Manilla, a sailor on hoard •
Squish ship, who contracted inflammation of the lungs
whilst the ship was undergoing repairs in • local shipyard.
011i11( to the ship being in the port, the poor fellow was
readily admitted: but upon his recovery it was found that,
haring joined the ship but • short tines previous to the
casualty, he was absolutely penniless, and It was, there-
fore, nessemry to collect funds in order to effect his dis-
charge. Another case of Interest was that of the steward
on board the S.S. "City of Rotterdam," who fell from •
considerable height and sustained injuries of the chest.
He made a satisfactory recovery. The last sailor in the
house was one who was brought in moribund. having
shipped at New Zealand and been seriously ill for months
before the 'hip reached land. Notwithstanding the
liberal use of restoratives, the unfortunate man soon
succumbed. The two sailors of the Navy were admitted
for accidents they met with on shore; but were soon
removed to their ship, the Minotaur. The moldier, when
recovered from the immediate effects of hie injuries, was
transfered to the Hospital, Portland barrack.. Or» came
under treatment during the year excited • lively general
Interest, as it was that of a men who had been knocked
down by a railway engine and run over by the whole
train without further injury than that of • broken collar-
bone. Of the three deaths among the in-patients, one
had been already mentioned that of • sailor
who died shortly of his admission, the second
resulted front chronic Bright's disease, while the
third was that of • poor men at the Railway station, who
fell from a height of loft. thereby sustaining frerture of
several rib., as well as internal injuries which rapidly
proved fetal. In allusion to the appeals for surgical
Instruments and appliances, Dr. Moorhead stated ghat
during the year they bad procured a moat valuable
stomach-pump, oonstructed on an improved principle, so
ast-s he ready- for immediate um whenever required. He
mentioned this fact, that it might be publicly known that
in comes of emergency occurring in the practice of any of
the medical men in the town, this Instrument was avail-
able at the Hospital. Dr. Moorhead also took the
opportunity of gratefully acknowledging the receipt of J 3
from • lady, to aid in numbering such surgical instru-
ments as might be required for the UAW of the inatitution.
Without entering into further details, it would, be
thought, be sulSciently evident that the Hoepital during
the past year had done • large »own% of useful work,
and the medical IS on could not but congratulate its
'Out:Fibers and fneuds on enterint under ouch favour-
able auspices, upon a new year, which they trusted, wits
God's lib seine, would prove one of still greeter usefulness
and prosperity to that valuable institution.
A short conversation followed on the admission of
servants to the Hospital, and one or two of those present
seemed to think that there was a difficulty in attempting
to reject them, for it wee found that employers would
sometime, discharge their servant& in order that the
might go into the Hospital. A servant thus discharged
was often nearly destitute.
The Kerma proposed • vote of thanks to the medical
officers, which was very heartily accorded, the seconder
being Mr. E. Bayly.
1:111A151fttle1 REPORT.
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The Treasurer (Mr. W7IELor) presented his financial
stateine?t, which le se juller!•:— . .

money. £lB3 I. solaria:l
(matron and aer.wantat L 37 6a. SI. • cos* £lB Bg.; gas.
£lB Vd. : mill,. te.: XIV 11.. 9d. • drugs, dio.
mdon), Xes 134. dd. • . ditto (Weymouth): .1:29 la. bd. :
auriocal spolotn,e4. £ll 4a. 41. • diveitaer. ea 34. 44. ;
1044 rant .ClO 17.. It ; repair, and sundries, LIO 10a. 94.;
rates and tax., £136.. 84.; unds4a, colloctinc 1.4 la. ;
invested in thy hurls, 1300; lisnd.ii 10.. 74.
—L71419.. lid.

in hand November. 1878. £53 Pc sub.
ecriptiosso and arreara, 4.11113 111. 101. ; donationa—Miaa
A.. 1. Austin, 1:2; Captain O'Connor, LI 1..: Mr. Tordiffe,
; Maikatt, sailor, Li; anonymoda, £5 5..; 1L IL
Borrett 11. H. Wilding. £1; Miss Paddon,/1 ; Mr.
Sunbelt, CI 5i.: Miss Borkitt, per Dr. Moorhead, Cl Is.;
A Friend. per Dr. Smith, £5:_jury fees. 84. 841. ; a line,
par Smith, 104.1 A Fri. ad, to. ; P. Moore, .10.01111. Cl M.
—C23 Ba. 84. • prxmvis of concert Miss Danubi, 24. •
H ospital Stu:day—Trinity Church (three collectionsi
£24 16.. St ; Bank-buildings Chapel, £5 15..; Hope
Chapel. £1 16a. 6.1.; Radipole Church, 1:3 ; St. Mary.
Church, £4O 8.. $l.; Fleet Church, C 4134. 21 • Wesleyan
Chapel, £5 2a. 10t; Gloucester-street Chapel, £7 St.
George a, Portland. £5; Christ Church, 14s. 84.
Chickerell Church, Li 24. fit; St Peter'a, Portland.
1;4 2..: St. John'. Church. £44 2., ; ditto, donation,
; Free Wesleyan Chapel, 7a. 11. ; Primitive Methodist,
CI 7..; Wyk* Church, £128.. 71. • Park Chapel, 17s, 81.:
Preston Church, £313.. 541.—L205 84. 5.1,; legacies—John
Taylor, FAQ-. 4100 ; Bre. Farris (len% duty), £5O; Xiii
Bridge, L50—.C721 194. 111.

Mr. P. C. Alum% hon. secretary, presented the follow-
ing report
" The committee think that there is great cause for
congratulation froin the fact that, through the exertions
of the friend. and subscribers of this valuable institution,
the sum of ESE 8a Fici. was collected on Hospital Sunday,
toting an increase over last rear of EC 75., as without the
help of this collection the hospital could not exist The
treasurer reported that there was due from him on the
whole account the sum of Xil 18e. Td. The committee,
feeling that. an Endowment Fund is greatly needed, bate
commenced, by investing the nun, of MO, received from
legacies, in the Funds. Donations towards this
fund will be thankfully received by the treeaurer. 31:cidti
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to the increased demand which has been made of late for
additional accommodation, it was deemed advisable by
the committee to add two extra beds to the medical
wards."

--The report was unanimously received and adopted, and
the asnel votes et thanks were heertar Punkt.