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

JANUARY 22, 1856.]

B"THERN AND TOXTETH HOSPITAL.

• TAV annual meeting of the subscribers and friends of this
'l3stitution was held at the Clarendon-rooms, at twelve o'clock,
!eterclaY; Samuel Job, Esq., in the chair.
he ClummAlT, in opening the proceedings, said he had
:Itch pleasure in announcing to the gentlemen present that
was the fourteenth annual meeting of the subscribers of
*413 institution, and that the report on this occasion had a
41°1.e cheering aspect than it showed last year. By the
_easnrer's accounts it appeared. that the donations and sub-
sPtions reached the handsome sum of nearly £3,000. This
poolltn had been chiefly subscribed by the merchants of Liver-
%l' who knew the value of the institution. He called upon
e Rev. J. Robberds to read the annual report.

Prom 1-1, REPORT.
pa - -ae return, carefully prepared by the house-surgeon,
pli've,ars that during the past year there have been 3,748
the .e‘a 'lons for medical and surgicalrelief. Of these, from
admission
natum of the cases, 1,276 were such as to require
troaiLsslon into the hospital, while the remaining 2,472. were
cre„ed as out-patients. These numbers exhibit a slight de-
tie as compared with the preceding year.
the above cases no less thau 2,816 were accidents, ex-
ofetnee thus continuing to prove conclusively the necessity
vsaospital in this locality, by the indispensable aid afforded
smlese urgent cases in which distance, and consequent delay
pad,.."'u prolong the agony of the sufferer, and increase the
ger of death. Of the 20 submersion cases, all recovered,
tic: 11],g the value of the internal arrangements of the institu-
re„„, oY Which a hot bath is always instantly available.for the
iteion of such cases.
of w class of in-patients has included no less than 99 cases
bi,,.°llnds of the head and face ; a larger number than in any
iveanous
year. These are cases which in most hospitals are
easeued, for their extreme liability to erysipelas. In the few
pi,B in which this has Occurred recovery has invariably taken
kV. Two instances of erysipelas in the arm have, however,
dovtVed fatal; but these were in very old men, with broken-
Constitutions, whose cases were hopeless when admitted.
tlia„+ll Proportion of deaths is greater by about one-seventh
Ilts',lll the preceding year, but the number of hopeless cases
auhaiso been greater, thus virtually reducing it to almost the
3,e rate.
1141°.1n the continued prevalence of high prices and other
hoe oidable causes, the expenses of the hospital have again
Prellll,eavY, and the committee continue to be painfully im-
44sea by the great disproportion between the expenditure
the regular income. For the present, indeed, the
,u_BPital is released from the burden of debt which had ac-
taiimulated, and the committee think it only due to two of
cit. members, Mr. Farnworth and Mr. Aikin, to record here
britielr grateftd sense of the obligation to them which the
exe,,,ital is under, for their most generous and successful
"ions, -and. also to the donors by whom those exertions
is re been so liberally met. But the result of such exertions
pretainlY to release the hospital from temporary difficulty and
tli''are- The chronic disproportion between the income and
eß)enditure must again encumber the institution with a
b°iswing weight of debt, for the removal of which it would not
v
l'aclent or reasonable to rely upon. a renewal, from time to
ref:, of such extraordinary efforts as have just been gratefully
I wl:led to ; and it will become necessary, either to procure,by
Of extended subscription-list, or other means, an increase
iitoot less than XBOO per annum in the regular an certin
eitA.Yle; to maintain the institution in its present statea of
ope'eneY, .or else to curtail most seriously the beneficial
ro_ration of the hospital, which is already restricted, for the
gam Part, to those urgent and acute cases, which it would be
the eat impossible to turn away from the doors. So far are
Ceemmittee from being willing to acquiesce in this latter
o;;rnative, that they would greatly desire, did their financial
laffilatlen permit, to increase the number of beds to one
i;'red, so as to raise the hospital to the rank of a chartered
foo!ltution with the privilege of taking pupils, from whom
to„Yould' be receivable, and recognition as a medical and
la school. Could this extension be prudently effected, a
Cater mount of good could be done with a less propor-
aadlate expense, as the requisite accommodation already exists,
toe the present staff of officials would scarcely require to be
tiohreased. Such an elevation of the character of the institu-
the' Would be attended with the important advantage, that
knjupils would relieve the house-surgeons of the most irk-
e-ttir and laborious of their duties, and thus lessen the diffi-
to of finding eligible candidates for the office, which, owing
W'e demand created by the war, and the competition of
it(t)tre lucrative and important situations, the committee have
aerl3l found to be exceedingly great; and the higher terms
%Zen it has, consequently, become necessary to offer, consti-
Ime unavoidable source of increased annual expense.
of'ue committee have to lament the recent removal by death
tliti°l'e of the oldest and firmest friends of the hospital, their
s ea-esteemed vice-president, the late Joseph Brooks Yates,
Ow
ho was greatly instrumental to the original establishm-
alt of the institution, indefatigable in promoting its inte-
aade as President during the first eight years of its existence,
100ontinued to the last to devote to it much generous per-
pros', and pecuniary aid. It was his often and earnestly ex-
rest wish that the hospital should assume the elevated
g` and attain to the more extended usefulness above sug-
tin„ed as desirable, and it would be a source of great satisfac-
pia`te to the committee, if the finances of the hospital could be
feasied, in so healthy and satisfactory a state as to make it
pr;43le to accomplish his wish, thus. paying. the most appro-
frreacei. tribute to the memory of its principal founder and
t„The return of patients showed that 3748 had been under
ter;atraent during the year, of whom 3392
request;,ha been cured ; 61
'eyd ; 94 discharged at their own dead 77; under
keatientmtesn t 88. Of these 2472 were out and the remainder in-
JAMESHOUGHTON, treasurer, then read the statement
Zhaccounts, which showed a balance in hand of £532 3s. 4d.
donations, during the year, amount to no less than
e 2,723 4s. •
HALIIEAD moved that the report and accounts
se
Printed and circulated among the subscribers and donors.
ft: also urged additional exertion, as although it appeared
th ra the report that there was a large balance in the hands of
the treasurer, yet most part of that was already needed for
Ze necessary business of the hospital, and every effort should
7 Made by the friends of the institution to increase the
her of regular subscriptions, and other permanent sources
Cerenof revenue,
ue, as money raised in that way was the only means
Which the institution could be kept out of debt.
(„,...)34- ROBERT CHRISTIE seconded the motion, which was
earned unanimously.
t,ltr• JAMES HOUGHTON moved the thanks of the meeting
Atr. Samuel Job, the chairman, in acknowledgment of his
treat exertions for the welfare of the institution, during the
4.48 t Year.
et 1.41.• Jon briefly replied, stating that he felt it a pleasure to
2Perate with such a diligent committee as had managed the
-41iness of the hospital during the last year..
otr- JOHN AIKIN moved a resolution, expressing the thanks
the gentlemen present for the valuable exertions made by
k
"ge Vice:presidents, Messrs. Ingram and Gregson.
,211% CHRISTIE seconded the motion, which was unanimously
Tried.
1111 r. FISHER moved the thanks of the meeting to Mr.
.i°tlghton, the treasurer, and Messrs. Aikin and Farnworth,
th
Tfrtors, which was seconded, and carried unanimously.
L 41% Hanatoon BANNER proposed a vote of thanks to the
'• D. T. Barry, the honorary chaplain of the institution, for
valuable services, as well as to the Rev. Thomas Smith and
air
William Wooller.
44r. FISHER seconded the motion, which was carried unani-
Aensly,
t. 4r- ItiGulat said he had great pleasure, for the fourteenth
41e, in proposing a vote of thanks to the medical gentlemen
nli• the institution.
HaratEAD seconded the motion, which was carried
l'amtEaD moved a vote of thanks to the clergy who
it advocated the claims of the hospital during the past year.
Motion was seconded by Mr. JAMES HOUGHTON, and
Mously carried.
fir. JAMES HOUGHTON proposed a vote of thanks to the
Ic°ll,,s, and -the ladies who had furnished the institution
..4wa old linen, and other matters, which were at all times
test acceptable. He said he was happy to state that, through
th .
e liberality of the merchants and inhabitants of Liverpool,
thc,
hospital had been cleared of all its debt, which last year
ain(ltinted to a very large sum. Through the exertions of
wars. Aikin and Farnworth, donations to the amount of
I'O had been obtained in addition to the regular sub-
'lPtiona.
iVEr- IN-Guam seconded the motion, which was carried
‘4a4l.lnously.
k resolution, moved by Mr. MARTIN, and seconded by Mr.
'B4ZoNEn was carried unanimously, to the effect that a vote
thanks be given to the house surgeon and matron.
Ihe Rev. Mr. ROBSERDS moved the appointment of Mr. Jas.
,
Ana
—ara as president of the institution during the present
a• Mr. Ingram, he said, had acted as chairman of the corn-
ee for a great number of years, and was one of the fathers
o
fib
h„ -‘e institution. It should also be known that it was through
exertions that the hospital received £1,200, the proceeds of
41. e Jenny Lind concerts.
Mr. C. J. RAWLINS seconded the motion, which was carried
11444lmously.
tr• JAs. HOUGHTON moved the appointment of the vice-
br •
lv,eardents and committee. Mr. Imatax seconded the motion,
which was carried unanimously.
eeA vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro-

11,1kR,Y AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOClETY!—Alneepng of
B?eiety was held last night, at the Royal Institution, in
kaquitt-street, Bloxam, Esq., in the chair. Mr. L. Hard-
G,lll.Twas balloted for and elected an ordinary member. Mr.
satZAterton read a paper on the subdivisions of the new red
coar„';°oe, between the river Dee and the up-throw of the
tioll,geasures east of Liverpool, which was illustrated by sec-
read' a large scale, and well coloured. Mr. J. T. Towson
1111,,a Paper containing some additional observations on ice
thra"Mients to Australian voyages, and the probable fate of
N'tticling Star, which was listened to with great interest.
-
it %„ E, LAST NlGHT.—Shortly after eight o'clock, last night,
q.,: was diseovered to have broken out in the workshops
iels7le lied
, to the extensive establishment of Mr. Hausburg,
4re ;er and silversmith, in Church-street. These workshops
Lei situated in Postoffice•place; and immediately on the fire
tstafdiscovered, a gentleman connected with Mr.Hausburg's
lana, Intent communicated an alarm to the West of Eng-
to us,Pire Station, in Rotunda•place. The engine belonging
!Pee4ll company, under the direction of Mr. Barrett, was
on the spot. A plentiful supply of water was also
the culately procured, shortly after which Mr. Hewitt, with
charl'eel, arrived, and by the active exertions of those in
st.tibttethe fire was confined to the workshops, and was soon
""eottl.'' The property, we understand, is insured in the
14, Union, the West of England, and other offices.