The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-01-24 00:00:00

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DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL.

On Thursday lad the forty.first annual mwiting of
this Institution wee bad at the Hospital. J. Floyer,
Eng, St. F., presided. an I among those present were—
W. E. Brycner, Esq., M.P., Mr. A. W. Bank Mr.
H. B. Siiddletm, Mt. Alfred Pope, Colonel Oldfiel.l,
Mr. kderman tialpie, Rev. Cason Nasti, Rev. H.
Everett, Rev. T. W. Knipe, RaV. A. A. Le nard,
Rev. C. F. Powys, Rev. F. B. P.,pe, ieneral
Wynyard, Captain Hansel, Kr. A. ROlllOll (Mayor of
Dorchester), Dr. Lush, Mr. M. Diminish. Mr. Hussey,
Mr. F. B. Fisher, Captain Hodges, hdr. Aldormaa
Davis, Mr. E. R. Dale, Mr. W. How, Mr. J. Si.
Lush.
Mr. W. A. Bennet read the report of tho committee
of Management for the past year, which was as
follow•

The committee, in presenting their 411. repn.t, azure,'
their special thankfulnes. to the Fath-r of 11 f ir
all the blessings which. during that leurth•ne I poi 4.
the hotpitiel ha, itself received, and ha' been ner.nit tea to
confer: whilst they would deo ackteowledgat their gent did
satisfaction that this somewhat anxioes year has been
brought to. not oneatiefsctory close. Before proceeding
further with the report, it I. hu• fitting in mention the
very heavy boas which this institution boa lately sustained,
through the death of es valutble a friend and supporter
a. the late Chairman of the Committee. the /toy. Charles
William Bingham. During the 34 y that l(r. Bingham
WU chairman of the committee he i beatified loinowelf so
closely to the hospital, not rendered it such. go ii anne.,
by his wellAnewn businest habits and cotenant attsntion
that it will indeed be • difficult matter to replace him,
nor ern hit services for so many y-srs he sully foutotten.
The fioancial condition of the hospital I. fairly satisfac-
tory, for although the committee hare been enable
altogether to pay off last year's blears if £ros9 16. due
to tha treasurer, vet by careful economy tier have reduced
It to £407 19s. 111. The subecriotten li.t fele short by
about £l7, accounted for in • or at or asure either by la.
depirture of. few of its supporters to other comities, or
hy death. The comrielttwe gladly web nu the sporarance
ot • few new teiterribere. The &mat nae have this rear
amounted to X= lls. 44 , se against L7lB 11.. 91. in 1660.
The c.irresational collections have been lessened by
about £4O. flo ernamittes cordially snores. their thank.
It thaw kind, friendt who have c entributed let this way
to the fund, of the hasn't el. awl weld wontedly iinti• it
them not to relax their PI trtloo% Ic suol.ialng II source
of Income which is of such vital imp alum, Theriot:seas'
In sundry articles of consumption may its readily accounted
for by the smeller lumber of in.pagentr, rig as
against 329 of last year, while the avant-Ts cost is lea. by
Id.. the average number of gottleot. this year is 41 as
against si of last year. The commit es gratefully tender
their beet thanks to Montague William.. Esq.. for the
muoificent gift of £3OO. This sum haa been invested In
the fended stock. A legacy of LSIO ha, beam received
during the year from Mrs. Fulton, and the balance of a
leirsCV from the late 0. Porcher, Eq. am minting to
/29 10a. 21 Early in the year Mr. William 11. C.
llacartney was elected hosts-surgeon, and, by bla
maiduous attention to his prolusions' duties, has borne
out the high recommendation. with whirdi he came
furnished. The ws-Ancy in the clerkship 04th. hospital.
occasioned by the death of Yr. John B-nen, ha. been
filled up be the apartintment of Yr. Walter K win
Groves, who has performed Ma duty much to the wieder-
Mon of the committee. The committee would aisle call
spoidsl attention to the very unestislactory slate of the
Chaplaincy Fond. Last year'. debt of £B6 101 having
increased this year to the amount of Llll 19, The
'Airy of the chaplain fie flood at £lOO. year, while ths
eubseriptioim to that fond have thi• year only amounted
to £73 11.., the committee therefore make • epecial
appeal this year in the hope that some additional sub-
scriber., will add their names to the subscription liet of
this important blanlh. The thanks of the governors
most &PLO beaocardind to the honorary medial star for
&War devoted awl succeseful &orrice' during the peat
year, The Matron still continnet to give every sttislac.
tie., the lastitutlon being always found in • Oita and
orderly state when visited by members of the committee,
sad few, if awe eownlaints have been beard from patients
daring the past year when questioned (as they always
are on leaving the hospital), with Maid $4 their food and
general treatment

Tbe CEA lan Ls the unloved the adoption of the report,
and made feeling allu.ioo ts the lost the Committee
had sustained by the death of this Rev. Charles W.
Hingham Tbi report, he said, presented some astir
features, and the fact thst they bad during the year
reduced the debt by ab ut £l5O mutt be gratifying to
the esorentors. This was the more satisfactory because
the donatioral )44 been nearly £4OO le.st ban In the pre-
vious year. He understood they had still £3OO, the
very handsome donation Jrnm Mr. Montague Williams,
to whom he thought they liberal,' ell tender their best
thanks for his generous liberality. It wee true that
the diminution of expense had been a little helped 135
a certain diminut,on In the average number rt patients
In ti.s hose, but there was no resins to think that
the Mospiial bad diminished in popubir estimation. He
hoped they had been able to supply without any
enueoomarY delay of stintimion, all the wants of the
working populatMn within the circle for which the
beasfits of the Respitoi wen istegied• beePilele

at Sberbortm Weymouth, and other plasm had pro-
bebly taken off • cortaln amount of the demand upon
inatitutieci, but although the redaction lathe num-
ber of pet/sots had been such se to affect ths expsudi-
tum a Undo, he did not tank the reduc..!on could be
Mall otherwise than • labile* of salmis:Moo to them
all. (Appleton)
The motion of the hon. Chairman was seconded by
Captain Howes, who, in referring to the Whole-off of
the subecripti .ns during the year, 'quested the& by
applying Ic other persona to suboribe, the am 'hut
Might be increased.—lt was suggaita by Capteio
that the present ember/fibers aiim d *ever. ly
appeal to their friends to Wooing sub cribere.--24 .
ALISD Pore feared the falling-off in the amount of
subscriptions nett year woad not be only £l7 but AO
or £7O, acid urgel lbs importaime of eudnivouring to
gat mei anbeoribers.
The report was unanimously adopted.
Mr. W. B. Bliggi. M.P., propowd and Mr. H.
B. ALIDDIJITON seconded Mat the annul itt of inausge.
meat for the moiler year he NI fOl4. —Mx. W. d.
Sodom Mr. M. Demolish, Dr. liniffey, Cmuee Nash,
Colonel Oldlield, Kr. A. Poriallizon. and Bet. A. H.
ii and B. W. Wi Mr. A. K. Mensal,
I& J. oh n Bev. W. Barnes, arid Mr.
(Amin otiby.
A Tote of thanks warn unanimously accorded to the
honorary medical officers of the institution, on the
motion of the Her. Canon NASH and aisonided by Mr.
Ailerons GALPIJI.

--4-17.1fIDTM.4107propoesd, and Mr.
seconded • Tote of thanks to theist., mansaing °Gami-
ns'', which wits carried nnanintousty.
Mr. B/i/Zill referred to UM deficiency of SIT in the
sulmoripaoce towards the clutplainey food during the
past your. [Juba annetiung ware done to raise the
mama to 4100 • year. li. dil not see bow they were
to ea, and It was 1110111 eesecodat to the hoepital to
have • resident chaplain moan than. which they
°odd not continue to do if they were to here such a
lees_ in
_future.

Banos. M.P.. sack few remarks ia rigorism
to the falung-01l of two subscription bot, sid expressed
toe opinion that moo corporate bodies —ilia Loodou
sad S .u.b.tifsetsru &Wormy Company, sad °Ms..,
sight b• iodomd to subscribe nacre liberally then tbey
did at pissins.
Dr. Loon sad M. A. limos briefly ackuowledspid
the vote 01 musks pilawd to the hooorary
dhows.

—n7cO.V.ll/11 vote ol thanks gat piainvi to Um Omit-
man oe tb• motion ol Rev. H. Xvitaarry, viioondad
by the HAW. If. 8. Porn, and the maitin4 terminated.