The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-01-18 00:00:00

RZPORT.

With ascriptions of devout thankfulness; to Him who I
bath all hearts in His hand, the Committee desire to
acknowledge the large and unprecedented amount of
support which the Dorset County Hospital has received
during the 18th year of its existanoe.
Singularly enough, the number of inpatients has I
been precisely coincident with the imirber of the days of ,1
the year, and although this is rather lesa than usual, I
the daily average (ffok) has been higher than ever here-
tofore. The pressure of applicants during a considerable
part of the year was peculiarly heavy ; and. notwith• I
standing wilier inisgivinp an to the probability of the
funds holding out, the Committee, after due deliberation,
decided on continuing the rate of admitsion upon an
extreme scale. They felt that the generous aid accorded
to the Hospital in every previoux difficulty, demanded
the most liberal extension possible of it* benefits ; and
that 110 course would more surely tend to clivik the
liberality of its friends, than to refuse their mot I.
atious, and thus oblige thou to seek relief elsewhere for
their poor 1111.1 suffering neighbours. The result of the
year's proceedings undoubtedly appears to justify thin
001111.11.11C0. For this result the institution is largely
indebted to the kind induence id the Lord Bishop of the
Innev.e, and to the Clergy, who, in compliance with his
request that they should plead with their
nariKlionerg for thankofferings in acknowledgment of the
abundant harvest, have paid over to the Treasurer a
sum amounting altogether to 11/4/1 OM. rid. The l'unt•
'Bitter have also to record with much gratitude the truly
magnificent donation of El .010 fmin the Richard
l'humitre lihyn, Bart., recently received, so that, instead
of having to lenient the deficiency which, at one time
they omil.l not but Apprehend, they have funded, accord'
mug to custom, the legarits paid during the year, viz.,
elm from this late dames Minaret', Eel., and Oil hr
their late invaluable friend and colleague, Arthur
Henry Dyke Troyes., Ensl.; they LIM paid off the
balance of elkl fla. dd. due to the Treasurer at the begin.
ing of the year ; mei after providing for a very heavy
4111111 AI I.llprodittirt.. have still a balance in the
Treasurer's hands of 1:1,21111111. 1111.
Most gladly would they hare added the whole of this
aiirplus to the funded stook, but no inemishlurable part
of it will his to balances the building 114C1/11111.
MO also to nrovidn the furniture and tietures Ilf 1111/
" Ilatikes' Wrig," which Is now, after inevitable delays,
Imo iiiii mewl by the architect to be ready for 1111:1311101,1011.
A statement id the Wilding account will be appended
to the report, by which it will be seen that Mrs. Banking
has t
level of Mai by the simi of gilt),
The Committee were mush encouraged by the. reasll.
miss and euriliality with which the Earl 44 Ileherter
writes' the office of patron, YUMA by the decease of his
honoured awl beloved ',tether.
'rimy have to express 11111./. IMMO their beat Y 111.1tt11.
1.1.1,1011 of the kind and effective services of the llotiorary
Sleilical Uhilcers, . .

'file 00000 ittee feel that they have ho eight to cum,
idain of the hot which the hh.optal has .u.tautml, by
the retirement of Mr. W. U. Bacot, from the Miter of
Monne Apothecary., For nearly wren yearn the 014111
energy of tint eacellent youii.l mall have been
thoroughly devokal to the Ite.t interette of the charity,
tool they fervently with him the oticeteei lie olettervea In
the new NMI wider where of practice upon which he hag
now entered. . . .

A Nati+, actory arrangement ha. h .en insole for the
temporary' performance of hia the engage•
ment of Mr. Eu.t.stv Smith ; hut hitherto the advert iye•
mode for • permaiiiiiit aticievesor have olitaineil no reply.
To renew LIR, ailvertkementa with the offer of • higher
cilary appear% to be tile only expeilient to which they
Cllll now reaort... . . . .

It is impossible to mention in too high termt the
gentle, but vigilant anti judicious manila in which the
matron °mailmen to discharge her duties. l'hough the
total eapensliture liu been neueasarily greater. the
average cost of earls patient'a maintenance tier week ham
been assinewhat less th sn kat year, and the t'ssiiiiiiittes.
iselieve that a careful inapection of the books woolsl not
fail tO prove that the strictest ecmuuuiinuy la ear tttt ~,,, eouu.
siatent with the existing dietary tables, awl with a
Iproper regarsl to the comfort of thin patient* anti the

The Committee cannot forbear from making, in con.
clunion, one or two suggestions. First, that if the
errand rate of infiniasion is to be maintained— end to
drew back from it, would be to leave a certain amount
of the sick poor of the county unrelieved—special ex-
ertions, in time form of donations or congregational col-
lectione, must be Contilleedt for the present, mince the
fixed income. as it may be called, arising from multecrip-
tioons and interest, falls short by alone 1:300 or 1:4110 of
the probable expenditure, increased as it meat needs he
to some alight extent by the opening of the Rinke,'
Wing. Secondly, the Committee would respectfully,
hut earnestly, reiterate their request to the (Meet More,
contained in the last report, that they should confine
their recto 1111 l endations, a. Medi 11.1 can possibly be
ascertained, to such cases as really require horapital
treatment, and which cannot be as effectually dealt with
by the appliances of public or privak charity at bailie.
The election of the committee of management, the
appointment of officers, and other routine l feu,
was then proceeded with. It is gratifying instate that
the Treasureex ledance sheet shows the receipts to
amount altogether to about £1,11h3, which was
'dated to he larger than any previous year. The
cordial thanks of the meeting were voted to Sir It.
P. Illyn, Hart., for his most liberal donation of
.el ,(011 to the institution ; and the services of Oa
medical officers were thankfully acknowledged. It
was determined by the committee to pay the house-
, surgeon in future a salary of .esil instead of 4:61) as
heretofore. The proceedings terminated with a vote
of thanks to the chairman.