The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-01-14 00:00:00

DORM COUNTY HOSPITAL

The anniversary mesUng of this valuable lottitntion
via held cis Thursday afternooa. Present—Tb• Lord
Dintly (President) in the chair, Mr. J. Moyer, M.P., the
Rev. O. W. Bingham (chairmen of the toomwltt., ), the
Rev. U. Monis. the Rey. H. Everett, the BAT. H. 11„
Williams, Hr. .1. F. Hodges, Mr. R. Davis, Mr. J. R.
Tooss, Mr. G. Worry, Mr. J. F. Hodges. Jain., Mr. G.
Mayo, Dr. Lash, Mr. J. Good, and Mr. J. Brow., *lark
to !he oommittte.

—The celled cm the altairmaa cf the com-
mittee to reed the 32c:Cconuc1 report.
no Rev. C. W. BlllollAil reed the report MI

At the sod of the 32nd year the committee are hem
to report thot under the binning of Stine Providence,
have boon enabled one more to soomplob to. main object
which thoy has ever kept in view—vls., to MOTO LB
qteSilled sonless I. the benegta of the hosital, w=it
then& to sit soy unreamtabie or preni Wel time
for admienon. A considenbly sooner number of impainsni•
bas been treated than in th• previon year (897 against 808)
and tho daily *Mop to. been Soo Ime by l (61j agaiost 64)
Then hss boon onsemently • proportions* name in the
dom•Lie expenditure, m ids in MI average weekly set of
each patient though prim of prsidoos arid fuel has still
boonmy high (15e 7j4 against lee l(d). Th• year wia 001111-
nsecrd, ea many mil probably remember, with the large
balsas of £262 17.94 due to tho tremorer: Anxiety on this
scion was, hoe/weer, speedily stirred by eons kind trios& -
1
7 M
this in Earl and Costae, of on, W. E. Pirj mut
q..sVien Poach, and tli• Km Carr J, Glyn and Elden 11,
Hankee—wlio mom forward with Lug* notrilsooos to snob
the lords; though, Won th•t Um, tho donation have been
somewhat fewer than owwl, and notwithstanding & ma I and
einfactory Mass both in the subsiptions and In the
pongssUonsi ediection, thens will remain • baLsra do. to,
th• serum of £2lO 11. But for the liosslity of Um
°Weston the 1nt0,,. oskl has tans very far ber.rdath tho
expenditura, and the commas, moot too amply expem ,
their ear eat hope that this enures of loom may win be
maintained. Whin cordially thanking both the solloctors
sad to. contributor, for th• noble sum ths Med in to. past
year (very Pearly Ain), boy would entreat tbsn o • to slag
Shair exartion in tit* dir.4lo.t A Romltal Sunny ham agalo
•enosedally adopted at Poole, and it uwy be worth
couldsnalos wbothar, especially in the town, US now
popular oloppolloo might not be advactagionly own
slasourra ; bet It only 10e17 astimpUon, wham
ha" mind, or an halving. he .14 .9 lan booplial, would

inkier the already so widely ma, the brae= would be
raked almost iAo,. the mad of manure. • duke to kelp
as to. no punks wilds the limits of the lognme bas withheld
lite goesmittee hem Malting metals addltlees WU,. furniture,
bedding, A,. with* diked attempting to rival the Mote
expensive zed 11111110111111111911•001. ar wealthier boepitels, tbey
perceive to be relligeril ititemeary by the MY, and tear of
miry years; but paelehly Shea& on this account may moos
Invoke s lamer thy. whirr they trust %befriends of tbe
innitution may mat& thom to meet. The vacancy, tutheindir
sweated M the close of lael by the lamented death of Dr.
Cowden, wee speedily Jby the Median of the any me-
dldate who presented blineelf—Dr. D.W.Williams. late of
liitigh Lyon. 1b... with much regret tbal the committee who
were ellogotber madded with his skill and attention. accepted
hie reeignation, which, atter • very thort tenure of Ake. tbe
late of Ms health. ambled with Aber circumstance.,
induced him to tender. The office of physician bee sines
bees confided to Dr. Lush, who, although reddent id
Weymouth, has kindly c headed to **copy 11 01 whatever
personal hicouselenes, and whoes mined profeenonel
ficailon• and kindly and devated labours have already won for
him the respect and regard of all win whom be Ine been
brought In coded. To him.., well no to the other indica
odious, the cordial thanks of the govereors are moot Justly
dun In the °Odle of the put yew the Rev. J. X Avid, the
chaplain, loft tbe hound for another inhere d labour, nod
we. replaced by the Bev. John Aldworte, but he also hts now
reigned, and the pal 1. 0(01. vsonal The committee venture
to invite the attention of the governors to • deficiency In the
=tFund, which hitherto sealed to mu re the earlier' ,
rent chaplain, but whid haa of late fallen short, and
which it hse been found needful to uppierneet by • grad from
the General Fund. TM oomoilthe scarcely dun it reedits
to point out how anxiously they duke that then should still
be a chaplain rending within the walls of the hospital. The
house-surgeon continues ebly, and faithfully, and unostentall•
°tidy to perform his duties, end the matron, who hag hod to
wound in the pad year with same more than cdloary MS-
-1,111444 in the domenic and naming &permute retaino the
gunk codideees of the committee It ha. Down 'honed
addable to lathe • certain number of ticketrtoren with the
reports, for the oonrennenoo of sub... Abets. At the mine time
they an redeemed to observe that them Lichen do not riccu•
rawly reprimeet then rights of remerinseedatioe. winch may
be kept in mind by a reference to the eintract of rules and
mulattoes printed In the report and on the dcks of the
ticket. themerme. The, mmistos, whilie deeply regretting
the Ire of seem old and valued friends, who have been arson-
Mad with them from the riennencement or the inedutiou,but
whine names mu now Wrapper from the lin vice-pren-
dents, would still humbly trust the& ill, new indiddlabed on so
dna bade and Is no nannifootly ond con Notedly dreg • good
and holy work, that It will never be mewed to languish for
want or hearty supporters, sor forfeit the bluing welch God
to. hitherto druid upon im khoum"
&Mg& —To dividends on 411,076 7. Id New Three per
Cog., £4OO to Ild ; congregational collections, £696 f. ;
donation; £213131s 9d ; subonziptions, £1,140 ; household
mr•thts' payments as p Write, LS ; chaplain'. b ard
(three qoarierel £l6; dripping and weeh, gle ; oval
Wm. £1 1.; aktre meek), £4 10e—total, 4.1,4111 13.
Balance, AZIO Ile—tern, 12.127 es Id.
Parmads.—lleat, £416 li. 84 ; bread. AUX lits Id floor
Al te 6d ; milk, £959.34 ; butter, £l4 7. 74 ; eggs, 411151 8d
Soh and poultry, 412 17 id ; chore 4210 174 ;lies, £3 k 10d
1.., cellos, and room £36 19. Id; slow, '£l lk 44
grocuiri, £O6. ad; potatoes and vegetables. £401.00 lid. ;
✓id porter, en les Sd ; doe nod spirits, 479 Oe Id; dream,
AIX 10 id ; muTkal Inatrumente. 411 11. 94; 14.1. bottles,
tow, U., for eneary. AU 6o lid; map, soda, and d.,01,17 196 lá ; LAS ii. lid ; eddied, £3 00 ed ; oU, SI
13. 04 ;g, 43217.94 ; coal and w00d,4114 11. 194 ; brooms,
Menu, and 000peregia 44 2.; tin, eartimmrare and
imagery, /1.13 10i Od ; printing. ratioury, advertiminente,
Poke" and carriage, £3600 Id; Ikea, bedding, and clothing,
447 Is 7d ; furniture sod repairs, LW 10.84 ; inaidenteds. £l2
13.14 ; oaken' salarlia, £221 ; eireants' sod dime wastes
elk Ile ed ; night and day nurse gel ; gardener, £l3.
charwomen and earubbere, ell 17.34; water ntte, Al 196
theerance,4o ; quit rent, ltke ; !end tax, gS Os ld
poor mad eliumb eau XIS 54. 104 ; plural and district rake,
£l4 Ss ; wank rata. Ille ed ; interen on paving bonds,
11.06 ; tribal library, gle ; wisperielmeriesse of deduce (ors
year), £44. ;paid towards the cheplethey fend, ASO—total,
£2,1117 es fid.

Commenting on ths report ache road, the rev. gentle
man paired out rat It. daily amens of patients
had been 51g as against 55 last year, art 4 Um average
weekly east of saoh petrel was 15s. 71& r rotor
IS.. 214. loot yew. H. smirks/ that the songroge-
%tonal collectior hod beim very gratifying, amount-
big to nearly £5OO He noticed they had bed • Hospital
&today at Poole, and thought It • vary good thing for
towns it any rate, and should like to see Its general
adoption. Proeseling with his 0017161•11.4 on the
fiasawial statement, the rev. chairman of roseate*
notified that the sabsoriptioes bad be.. £1,140 as
against £1,116 last yoar. That ths receipts from this
bourse were Worming was astisi eatery, for they had
, always considered it tho pulse of the institution. and
I as long as tho subscriptions kept up 1117 felt they
=mthe °madr car as of the ry. Had there
ald ay 'woolen this year," • Governor inquired.
'No..,' said Mr. Bingham ; 'I that Is a good job, I
Birk, boors. we have got our friends alive, and her,
therefore, something to look forward to"-(laughter).
!hay began with a bt:anos dn. to the Treastuer of
063 17s. 64, In the year the meat bill amonnted to
£446 lls. 84. as against £434 lls. 6f. In 1871 ; bread,
8137 19a 3d.,.. harems of £2 or £3 • mUk. 0.98 9a. 24.,
against £ll2 4a. 21.; better, r 334 74. against
£95 Bs. 3d.; sip, £26 ss. 61, against .C 36 4.. 24.;
lab and votary, £l2 17s. 54.. &grad Eli 15.. 61.;
oboes., £3O 7s. 21., • small decrease; rise. £2 5.. 10.1..
also • redaction; tr. Goff«, and 0000 a. £35 19s. 14. as
against £4l Os. 61. ; potatoes and vegetables.
£46 18s. Ltd.,tgalnat £37 17s. OA. ; ale and porter.
£93 19s. 51. ega £1294.. 21. shorn/ • goring of
£3O ; wine: and spirits, £79 (at 31., against
£97 10s. 81., • very withertory degrease; drugs,
£903 54. 54., against £211.. 91. ; surgical instrument.,
£lBll. 91., against £35 18s. 61.; lint, bottles, a.a
tow, .£25 sa. 114., about the PON as last year; wash-
ing. £5315.. 114. against £54131 114. iga.. £2217.. 91.,
against £29 7a. ; coal, £124 Ils. 101, rater
£llB lls. 81.-not so great ea lowers as might have
been Nerd; the total domestic txpenditurs bed been
£2 187 14.. 74. la the counsel the year the oom-
mitre found the drainage was in • vary unsatisfact
state, not being looked awe properly-they all knew II
was vary hard to get sonars to do rob thing, pro-
pasty; and they thought it advisable to get the
assistros of • skilled to an who should supseintrnd toe
drainage. Mr. Hodge. had Imes the chief mediator in
this matter, awl 11., at well as himself (tr. Bingham)
thought four guineas well 'pant for Um superintendence
of the drainage of tbo.irlitutioa.

Ur. wrtanirox odd II wag a roost importaat Wog
fa so Isotitution of this kind.

Mr. Homan, maid through the drains being neel•eted
they had been obliged to open them at e owe ol £3O.
Mr. Blnattud eaU he wee reminded of • quotation
from Dryden—

Hs that gets rich by cleansing or h sink.
Bath wherewithal to Inetlfy tha ethik I —(laugbter).

In moving the atoptlon Of the report, the Rev. C, W.
BtsGUAIII sad thet Mr. Flops, and himself felt that
th•b0.011111 was doing a good work when •I was abate
receive ell patient, who applied for *deletion without
unreasoneble wahlag. The report stated that dating
the pest year, as in many that had preseeded it, the
hospital had een doing the whole of the work propirly
thrown upon it bear) Re thought the terns
of domtetio espenditure this yea as compared with the
preeeeding one bust about the proportion of the dilly
average of patients, which showed be thought that the
expenditure nes well watched over, and that ewe
hem was generally speaking exacitly what they
would impost front the different numbers of the pekoe.
The 000gregational collectiose had been the ',roe
they had ever noised exoept 00 omaions when there
had been some special thank-offering raggeeted by the
Bishop of the deem. In the pee year they obtained
foiliA, while was En in advisee of the preceding year.
Au so the forma of tholes referred to in the report,
they were sent out with the reports on es suggestion
of Or. Ludt, though the idea had oneurred previously
from time to time lo former years, but apt. • remit
period the tepees of postage had rather militated to
the sending out of forma of ease with the reports.
Obviously It was au advisable thing that earth subscri-
ber should have forms of tickets in his heads which he
oould 11l up S. wanted them ; but there was just eh
little difficulty which he trusted the notice teem of it
In the report would obviate, that pe 'pie who resin
ticket fORIIII with their report. are not to suppose they
may All op all those ticket@ without referees to the
meet of their sebeeript on* Rupp°. Ins a men received
five tickets, when he only subscribed a guinea, he most
take 0 WI/ DOI 10 All up the whole of them, or the
pekoe would be disappointed when they cane here.
TIN list of Vles-Prealdente was now thinned by the
rem ..al of three gentlemen. Mende not only of the
institetlon but of himself. and me or two of AIM bed
actively assisted the committee La their Wave for
many a long year. Of Inure these are matters for
hunentetion • at the same time he was sure the :noel
of the committee expressed lasingly his own feeling
that however man might fail them, God would not al
them; sad that engaged in see • really good and me
fel cork, and reliever sash • erne amount of mieery
la the orconty, and or working, aseording to their
motto, 1* Christ, psoperibm,they were not lardy lobo
tertian. Onislaiy to the peat yeet there had bees so
Whites that the Wain of God vas at ail with-
drawn from the work of the hospital. He had great
pleasure In moving that Q. report be received *A
',footed, aod misted ander the direetioa of the 50,.-
Nitta, as usual.

Mr. J. FLOUR, M.P., "wooded the adoption of the
report. It wan upon the whole, he thought, very
satisfactory—he fiould not say &isolate', satiefacdory
till they could show snob • balance as they all liked to
see at the arid of the year. The Wanes was • little on
the wrong side : If that were esnmesated, he did not
think there woald be • single drawback to the report.
It iseemed that had it not been for the Tap literal
donations given In respoese to the invitation of the
committee at the beglindeg of the year to fill up the
defioienoy of 1471, the fends would have been serbudy
In accent; end be thought, so far as he could make net
from the mount received, which went into the acreauot
of the year, the hospital would have been pretty nearly
as much behind In the past year as It wan in the year
before. That, of course, they could 11011 but look upon
with some little anxiety, because althoegh we have
very liberal people In the a Amity of Donet, em their
theorist:we showed, yet to moor to their lib..wallty as
au annual thing wee hardly what they would with to do.
No doubt there was greater outlay through the to.
onward eost of provlsioes, and be wag afraid they could
not .look for any rednetioa with the present weather,
which had been the subject of so mush correspoodenee
in the papers. They found eom" people rejoicing In the
very great quantity of rain which hes fallen, and be
trusted it was "all for the beet." They knew that
under the plasma* of Dibine Providence all ttlace
work together for good eapeeally of snob good worker
they bad now in hand. But they o)uld not look
forward to the yew we have entered noon without some
sextet, so to thegigris al Lund prof use of the country, or
isettolpete any reduction in the prioe of pro v
therefore, there was greet necessity for ertonomf!".:l
he was sere the excellent chairman of the oommitteri
and the members generally were strenuonely uteposed
In that direction. Trudy good friend Mr. Bingham had
lately given an Instanoe of this disposition in shish he
gait* agreed with hint, and be wee omits sure economy
would be carried out Is the hospital as well as else.
where. But there was sue fresh item in the expos-
lture. He most any be heard with great regret
: that they were obliged to sapplement the
chaplaincy fend from the generel biome of the
hospital. No doubt the two thinp were overate, and
they should try to keep them so hr thought it most
chsrable in every point of view. For the ohm loin's '
fund they eel required £lOO a year, and till that year
they had been ible to raise it by separate subscription..
—(Nr. Bingham sell the food had ben falling • Mile
into arrow the last two or she., point ) He hoped air
eounty would respond to the invitation of the cominitten
to fill on ths gap shish was one he very very mush
etched tome Clad up. The Am of chaplain lea very
important orie—(hrer, her). —and if there came to be
a very redoes dafieleocy In that fuod it would be a
questioe of some moment whether they Gould supply it
from the ordinary leassne of the beepitel. He did not
mean to my they should Dot, bet it VS/ • qualities
which weld only be desided as a genera se** of

the governors. Hitherto they had mar suPSivaleakal
the ahapiain's fund by small .am*, but if It h v.. 0 a
largo amount ths subiot 004,14 t wok by
being brought forwsrl so tea .1,16.UC1L111.1 mot r. A
pnyosiat of four guineas for dralosis had br.sught nut
• Utile of his good frloosl's gaglish ol ...nos! lore —(11r.
Blagham : It's a tranalati4e from • Latin olaw:). He
thought the loos of olessioal stadia, could not be re-
planed by anythhur else, sad he wo Ijki to Sol Mr.
Bingham glostratiog hospital motors br
ellosions. whiols always added so greatly to the trice
and intorest of pablio speaking. lit did ths tour
animas °over the expenses of work or only snow'
intendants'
W. Hodges sail the payment 'ea, for periodical
floahlag_as intorvals not longer tbso • fortnight.
Mr. Meyer : It motor taus work, not merely looking
at It. .

Mr. Hodge add unfortunately the niter had
been neglected, and ea expense of £3O hid been
incurred. . .

Mr. "toyer remarked tkat thrro ff. poar f water
this year for ti railing, an that tn.., eon., .I,W. in a
healthy @tete an that respeut. Ho was sore tey were
very mush obliged to the ehairman of the ootsmittee
and .11th. members for their work. Ile hal great
pleasure is seconding ths report, and believed it wou:d
he satishotor7 to the governors and the 0 'zloty at
iliFt% report was unanimously adopted.
The her. It Mom.. proposed that the following
'endemism form the oommidee for the ensuing year :
The Rey. G. L Nash, the Rae. R. Ladles, the Rev.
H. B. Williams, Nowa Alciarectia, R. Dovecish, R.
Dario, J. Chapin, J. F. Hodges, jut.. G. Mayo, Chap-
eau! Steadiers, G. Symonds, and id. W. Williams.
. .

Yr. G. Watur sieonded-, att—cl
The 1t... C. W. BIIGHLII said that not only In the
report, but sooording to their usual custom, h., &eked
them to offer a vote of thanker.* tho honorary medlea
offoros for so kindly, usefully. ml satisfactorily per-
forming Ike &aim ad their office for the past year.
He suppoted thore was so ow who did not li,. in the
hospital who knew bettor than himself for how much
they had to thank them, Although Dr. Lush was in
the room he ;amid not h. 1p saying thoy owed an especial
dot* of gratitudo to him (Dr. Lush) mod especially
because be bed to came • sowiderable dletsoot for the
porformanes of hi. duties; and be thought be might
say tartar that thus far the patients had sustained no
loss whatever from Dr. Lush living at Weymouth
rata, then at Dorchester. Of the Mita medical alloers,
who were of longer standing al Poo hospital aqd mom
awl to rewire Mar thanks, the vow should be of
inereming Taus is it were as tho yenta weut on—the
longer they served the hospital the more thankful they
ought to be to Mom. tie vesture they would aU Jain
I. guardian presenting m vote of thanks to the honorary
=maga allows who had worked for than daring the
past year.
The Bev. H. B. WILILY!, mounded, and it wee
canted uncalsommly. . .

Bose coarersation took plsos about the great expense
to whisk the hoopital had been pot by railway saddest.
—one of the patients from this OMNI• had ocst eve
guineas a week. but • woodsrful cure wee effected. It
Game out that the &Mb-Wasters Company do subscribe
live guineas a year bet the Great Weeter•
TIMM seemed to bs • general feeling that au apphos.
Si.. shcruld be made to the Great Western, and • live
was oosildently expressed that sow that Ms* sffairs
a,,.. prosparoas they would give a liberal subseriptioo.
Mr. G. WAIST proposed a rote of thanks so the
001111111iitell of the hospital for their arduous 'abacus
duds( the past yam
Tin Lord MOST acceded, sad It was asamocely
earded. _ _

-11wo Pim C. W. HillanAN mid Ile eonatittee were
very mash obliged to them for lair seslidenee. He
wosid sot say they had net any week to de, for gene-
those they worked von Mud. Be did not than as
put pot had been at all one without Ito amdstiss ; sad
perhaps titers wen some little 'nude prendat at the
hospital at this time. Bats. long.. the mentors trusted
Lb. oomminee and they were enabled *carry °a the week
—at lent be spoke for himself —it was always a labour
.1 lon, sad be never maenad having • fere mils. to
drinlor a few inters to answer on behalf of the Conuty
Hospital. HA should not have doss whops to say any-
thin. boa that he wished to propose • vote of "batiks
to their azoollent President for lus kindling in ninon
mond them sad taking the chair on not amnion.
Hs was stye that the oommitin and Iho governor, were
alway:silad to see his lordship's *bestial toot smoapt
tbow boor. hear).
The ansznorr and he was very glad to come there
every yen. and only wined be amid do a• much for
the hospital ea hie proctoosomor, tor ha felt vote so
warmly in its boball.
This dosed the proceedings.