The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-06-29 00:00:00

BRIDPORT LOCAL BoAIM OF HEALTH.

A special meeting of this Baud was held at the C unil
Chamber on Friday at noon. There were pre+ent : Alder-
men J. William+ and A Reynold+, Councillors 11. P.
fiundry. T. H. Edmunds, J. T. Stephen+, 11. Howell, J.
I'. F. (innilry, E. Loggia, C. Lareombe, C. Edmunds, and
W. T. Whethniti.

1)n the motion of Mr. T. If. Edmund*. Alderman
WilliAtll6 was voted to the chair in the absence of the
Mayor (Mr. I. Tucker).
Mr. B. GUNDRY moved "That the nedlir affixed to
the mortgage of the rotes of the distnet to the Public
Worlo, Loan Oonyulssionors fur /AUK for the purposes
of the Drainage.

Seconded by Mr. W. T. Wmarrum and tarried.
Moved by Mr. J. P. F. Gusiiitv, aeconded by Mr. J. T.
STKPHVie. and carried. " That the sed be affixed to the
authority to deliver the certificate for the DIAN to Mr.
Herbert William,. trenaurer."
. .

Ordered that £l5O be paid to Messrs. Leano and flake.
well on account of the borough survey, in vouneetjea with
the drainage:.

Thu was all the basins..

HOSPITAL SUNDAY IN HIHDPIIIIT.
For some two or three years • Sunday has been set a 'girt
in Dridport rin which olllections are made at the different
churches and ehapois irn behalf of the Ileirlport Dispeimary
and Cottage Hospital, an institution which has been ill,
nwans id affording niedieal relief, in addition to the
comforts of a home and proper nursing to a very large
number of those in our neignbourh.sal u brew means are
not such as to enable them to (4.,11re proper attention in
the times of meirlent and sirkne,s. Thew colleetions hove
rabed a considerable amount, at the last annual Riveting
hell on the ferith January, Mr. J. T. Stephen, (treasurer)
hearing testimony to the ald afforder I the institution by the
Hospital Sunday, which had been the means of raising J:5O
for two successive years, and he felt that iii,, think, of the
committee were due to the clergymen and unin„tee, of the
town and neighbourhood for the appeals they had mimeo) un
behalf of the institution. From the report reed at that
meeting, it appeared that the number of witientasehuitted
to the Dispensary during the yea; hql hwen:ON; patients
remaining in hospital ,rt. ti.,o ,aut of 1,473. 5; admitted
during Kt 51 : total. '4lr: discharged- reeovered, 21:
relieved, 2.r : not trhotred. 4; died. 2: remaining in hospittl,
:1: total. Tift: Average number of task im.upied per week,
' s:4fil: aVorrge of each twtient in hospital, 4.7 weeks ;
' largest number a burls ocenpierl at I,leo Ulm; N.
The iniumcial statement shovred re,rilds ai ..... luting to
izei im, r. 1.1., and, after meeting the expeurlitno., marl
paying a balance of £4 Ito, 10.1. due to the treasurer the
previous year, there was £5 lsr. 414, left in hand. These
facts and figures must lw very gratifying to all who take
an interest in the welfare of those who are in humble life,
and when we state that the collections of List 110-prtal
Sunday aniountal to .C 47 :lc it will be seen that a, liaual
ieriponsc is made to the appeals made f“.,._ tee lonitet
nUnillay was the day appointed, one. the AUlajert, was
II ~,,, ght before the various ..irLggi,gattuns, and in hum%
Instances special scrruum, ierri preacher!,
kr. limo's citunit.
TLc sermon in the morning was ',readied by the Rev.
A. A. Leonard (curate) who took as hi, text Matthew
4 chap. 2firrl rem: "And Jesus went about all Galilee,
toachmg, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and
healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease
among the people." These wools, said the preacher,
described our lord's first great missionary journey through.
nut Galilee, whilst his second journey wax recerffed a
little farther on. His was indeed a mission of benevo-
lence. and might Ire summed lip in the word, ot the
Spittle Peter—" Ile went about doing good." bd. fife was
• life of love, and to none was it num ze..,,uifssited by our
Saviour than it was to the se.h. lie healed every
disease, no matter wtour U. Was, or -- how grerioun a
kind, or whothr..,. h. we. beyond the reach of human
Iskill lr.cicoik so frequent were his acts of merry that
h.. tteiti *ere tweet by the afflicted and aufferimi. and
itins,i who were not able to reach Him were brought by
their friends and relatives that He might touch them and
heal tneni. Christ's eare of the body was not much kin
than His care for the soul, for He was the Good rbywoian
as well as the teacher. Suffering wars ocen,joeett 14 sin,
ant sickness was often seh..;:tzaanthmitheny,eieahr...doisqiullilaldricconseitira,:that:nos:
and punishment of sin, therefordi wita• it that in adminis-
4'.
w‘et:sii:i4crekwsaigr:rdniltu&l.chlasounimeftahsei
to the I,
:-
tering to the temporal
• the suffering ant:: vonect, thriat was carrying out H.
greet we;.. ~.t. icrlbmptioa. But not only did Christ 1:44
Idnaathituf.mltodime''zif44"o hovel:l°l*n° it
laista- L'-.4nearkl;ll6 htielcit Hhethalunso
wangwoh:lzeHm.,!hintootf7tobrywhietiithrt,hete wormihc ekw4l:lthtn.
nunt:koinne threeof thewieuttdtad ttittcstil .teaellah%thednio"—flitraut,ntobyinii:
own. eretegile, le 'kV relieving skims' and mai,.

ing ; secondly, by giving His chosen apostles a spedd—
minion ; and, thirdly, by reminding them that in the day
of judgment they would tw rewarded or condemns' as they
Ito,! administered to the necessities of thase around them
It ~as not neceoetry for him to any much that da.
on behalf of the Bridport Dispensary and Cottage Ilospi
for all who listened to him knew of its 'tinniness
knew that the IF e could go them, and receive proper ear,
proper food, and probe inedwal attention, and it was
satisfactory to third: that oet of 56 patients admitted
during the year • had been discharged recovered or
relieved- If it had notheen for the Hospital how many ni
those might have died in their wretched how., rendered
no in many instances by poverty, where they would have
been unable to secure pnmer attendance or proper treat.
silent. Last year also that there had been Set applications
at the Dispensary, thus showing how great a blessing that
branch of the institution was. Surely. those fart, spike
for themselves, and all would
.contribute largely, ana
thereby show their love for their suffering and afitiet,,i
fellow-creatures. Whether rich or poor, he called upon
them to subscribe liberally, and no follow out the example
net by Christ. All had not the gift of healing, nor yet the
Patience and disposition necessary for nurses, but an
could do something, and that was by ming of their
substance—therefore he asked them to give, and to give
freely. Although they could not all be good Samaritans,
and pour in oil and wine, yet they must . nut, like the
pei,mt, and Levite, pass by on the other aide; but they
must give as Hod had blessed them, remembering that all
wth‘a,utldwasbetilLepnlybrei UpTidisLolr
ista tultolewn.htilvto
onthe.lstal,wirml
about doing good.