The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1875-11-09 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH ROYAL HOSPITAL

The annual meeting was held on Thursday afternoon,
there being present : —The Maror (Mr. IL Id Weldon!),
in the chair, Rev. T. .1. L. Greases, Rev. J. Stephenson,
1/r. Moorhead, Dr. Griffin, Mr. W. Eliot, Mr. E. !gayly,
Mr. J. kobertson, Mr. 11. It. Crickmay, and Mr. It.
Oak*.

Mr. W. ELIOT (treeeemr) euh%ittett the following state-
ment
Nov. 4th, 1874—balance I lee. £24 fie 72. Nor. 4th, 11,75
—lnsurance. 15.; diet money, £127 Os Id ' ntatron's and
servants' salary, £3O ; coals, 415 5e ; gas, 411 112; printing
and advertising, £l4 104 4.1; drugs, £Oll 134 102; surgical
appliances, £l2 121 51 • dispenser, £25 ; ground rent,
410 DM 2.41 ; Captain flerauidge's Internet to his death, 4.115. ;
sundries, gll 8s 9.1 ; poundsge for collecting. 43 19. ;
41 14a Ill; for a•rates, ac., for the new building
£9l 7. Id--total, £47 104 7d.
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ca,--Nue stl; Sul,seelptions and arrearS, s:lta Its:
donations, CI Cl kl ; Isror-box, LIPs fki ; t•ollections at the
usual churches and chapels, 1;173 Us dal , Isslanye due to the
treasurer, a2l 171 4.l—total, £457 104 7.1.
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Dr. MOORHEAD read the.M-edical report hut the doctor's
remarks will be more interesting: Ile said he would take
the liberty of making a few observations by way of coin.
went upon the report he had just read. In the first place,
he remarked from • professional point of view the Inuit
year had been singularly uneventful but at the seine time
he congratulated the subscribers and friends of the charity
upon the immunity from accident and disease which hail
preyeiled. There had been • falling off in the number
both ot out-patients and in-patients. Thedecrease of out-
patients he attributed to two causes—trot, to the fact 41 1
greater care and discrimination being exercised by the 1
subscribers in giving their tickets to proper applicants for
relief ; and, secondly, to the increased Lealthinooo of the
whole town during the year—(hear. hear). With regard
to the first cause, it would he remembered at the anniver-
sary meeting last year he stated tickets were often
thoughtlessly given to the sick poor while in receipt of
parish relief' such cases being entitled to the services of
the parish doctor, This was contrary to one of the
fundamental rules of the charity, lie was happy to say
the remarks he then made had since borne good fruit, and
he was not aware cf any patient at present attending the
dispensary who was in receipt of parish relief. The
second MHO was Important and deserved notice. He hail
been informed by the local medical officer of health, Dr.
Tizard, that the rate of mortality during the last half-
year had fallen as low as 16 per thou.vand, the average
throughout England being about At As the death-rate
alone, however, was not an infallible index of the state
of the public health, he had learned from the Poor-law
medical officer, Mr. Nathan, who attends the sick poor at
their own booms, that there bad been a decided dintinu.
tion in the number of MOOS under his care during the year.
This testimony, combined veithe experience at the
I hospital, conclusively proved w,
s might 6/ gratifying to
all interested in the vrejfere or the town, namely—that
I Weymouth was undoubtedly one of the most healthy
1 watering places in the kingdom —(applausal. ttution
was then drawn to the 45 cases put down in the report as
relieved." That might appear • large num)er. hut it
was due to the fact that some few patients suffering (Gnu
incurable maladies attended nearly all the year round,
and others had their names entered several times during
the year. The 45 cases therefore did not represent 45
dtlforent individuals, lir. Moorhead then spoke of the
in-patient. They were partly surgical and partly medical
eases. The surgical case, which were less numerous than
usual, owing probably to the few public works going on
in pm town, presented no feature of especial interest.
consisting 61zielly of fractures and contagion; with some
severe burns. Amongst those was the CAA, of • sailor on
board • collier sailing down Ghannel; who was thrown
down and had his thigh fractured by an immense wave
which struck the ship and embed over it. This was the
only case belonging to the mercantile marine under treat-
ment during the year. Of the two deaths recorded one
was that of • ships carpenter who sustained fracture of the
ribs and ether internal injuries caused by a ship which
was under repair suddenly capsizing and falling upon him.
He survived only two hours. Amongst the medical cases
four were of a special character, inasmuch as they were
out of the district embraced by the hospital. These
patients belonged to places at • distance, and were only
admitted on condition of their paying all incident
expenses. One came from Shaftesbury, recommended by 1
the Marchioness of Westminster, that excellent noble lady
who is ever ready to provide for the sick and needy ;
another came from Warminster, • third from Wareham,
and a fourth from liillinghaan. From these patients the
hospital received 10 guineas, which, added to £6 paid on
behalf if the injured sailor, made • total of Lltl
received during the year from special in-patients.
Although such cases were not originally contemplated in
the erection of the hospital, yet he (Mr. Moorhead) thought
clmrity prompted their admission, since in addition to
medical attendance and nursing they enjoyed the great
advantage of ate 4r, which could not be obtained else-
where in the county. jh tinclpsion Dr. Moorhead said,
notwithstanding the amount or /strict rendered by the
hospital during the mist year had not been 441te as great
as usual, he believed the institution was widely and Stale'
fully appreciated by the sick poor in the town and
neighbourhood, and from the intimate knowledge of the
blemings derived through its instruiuentality he and his
colleague, Dr. Griffin, could confidently recommend it to
the sympathy and liberal support of a Christian and
charitable public.
On the proposition of the Rev. T. A. I.:agaves., seconded
117.eDri MOORHLAD, the name of the Her. J. LYniin was
on the committee.
The following was the committee's report
The committee think there is great esu e forconeratulation
(non the fact that, through the exertions of the friends and
subscribers of this valuable institution, the sum of *373" 'kJ
I Has collected on lloei.ltal Sunday, bell, all 101,1111,510 over last
year of CIS 191 2.1. The treasurer rei4ted that there ova due
to him on the whole account the suns id gl7 17. 41. The cora-
-1 mince feel easurod • generous public will not allow the useful-
, num of thil charity to he ciatailed through want of funds "
The usual vote of thanks were unanimously accorded.

GLOUCESTiAt CGSGBECIATIONAL TEA AND
YEETIN q.
On Wednesday last A gathering of At iritpds Si
Gloucester chapel suggested by the (Act that Mr. Sebb,n.
the late pastor. was here, was held. About Lou to,k tea in
the schoolroom. and double the number assembled afterwerds at • public meeting. The Rev. E. Bolton presidnl,
susd there were also on the platform, Rev. W. lewis, Rev.
J. Bailey. Rev. R. S. Ashton, Rev. S. Butcher (I.lpwer)snd
Itev. T. Neave (Dorchester).
The Rev. E. BOLTON showed that Christ's life and
ministry teaches us what the life and ministry of the
church should be. The churches exist not for themselves
alone, not for brotherhood or fellowship alone; but they
hive a mission outside and they have to be what Christ
was to the world. lie was a teacher, a benefactor, •
helper, and • saviour, and the churches must leech truth,
do good, anti he e means of saving, by bringing others to
the knowledge of hisu.
The Rev. R. S. MUTTON pleaded earnestly for the Conti
nental Evangelisation Society, that they :night save their
fellow Protestants from sinking into indifference, and
Romanism. Ile concluded by reading Dr. (iuthrie's
favourite motto
:
"I his for those that lore no
For thou that know no true,
For the haven that smiles above me,
And walla my corning too
For the muse that lacks usistance
For the wrong that neeils resistance,
For the future in the distance.
And the good that I can do
Hymn: 'Oh thou who earnest from above.
The Rev. T. N ILLY It (Borchelt,r) expressed the pleasure
he felt in seeing their good friend Mr. Ashton, and his
hope that he might see the continent brought to Jesus.
H. also complimented Mr. Bolton as • man after his own
heart, who was earnest in everything that concerns our
English life. For himself he should not indict on them a
speer-h on Disestablishment and Disendowment, not lest
they ehould eay he had that on the brain, but because the)
had had enough of politics to-. Lay. Ile did not believe in
tniristlan nom ne4lecting polities, nor did he believe in
the constant round of pietism ; but that every Christian
should du everything in* Christian meaner. Nothing