The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-08-06 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH SANATORIUM.

The twenty fourth annual meeting of this mod vale-
&lsle Institution was held at the building Itself, at 12
soca on Thursday last
There were present the Mayor (Jas. Heberteola, Fisq•)
in the chair, Dr. Smith, Dr. Moodiest R.,. Jobs
Stephenson, Captain Bwatr44ge, Colonel Steward, Rev.
J. Burt, Mr. R. IF. not, Mr. J. K. Robins, Mr. H.
Frampton.
The Maros first took this publis opportunity of
thanking Dr. Smith for hie Meditate Jo (satire' him
there. Hs had felt for a loft tbne what he was sera
WU the feeling of every inhaWMat of this town, that
the town was very much indebted to Dr. Smith for his
exertion.. He (the Mayor) woo surprised to learn that
this Sanatorium betides anode( its current exptases
had £4.155 set adds for an Endowment Fend. Ha wee
r
.ij...,..cortalu that no similar iastitution is the west of
d had snob an endowment ethat. He valued
tlltutlon because it supplies a very important want,
it supplies medial saistanos to a clam above the labou,.
lug poor, but who are quite as unable to boar the
exposes of Makatea In hie capacity seabird stagistrete
of this borough, he should be most happy to lend every
aid in his power to this very valuable inttitution.
Dr. SMITH than read the Bisretary's report, as
follows :—Ludies and geathatten.—Yoer oommittais have
mush *emu" In Isaiah"' you an this the tereety-foerel
auelvemiry of the Winmeatitillmeeterinet to review the
parit year's working of the ieeliteMse, and it is a mares
of much thankfulness he Me Disposer of evade
that of the loony seffeeere who have hew admitted
during the year, not one has died la the instatesiee.
The number under treetrosat at bat report was 10, and
85 have been admitted since, making a total of 96 hi-
paMents treated dude( the pat Of these 67 wen
cared, 14 relieved, ma there are 14 still under West.
moat. The length of Mae than palliate remained ia
the Sessatoriam varied In individual aline haat one to
26 weeks, or an aveseg. of dm weeks. Total number at
In-paidante admitted since the opening of the Sanatorium
Is 859. Out-patients ,4sltted duilng the peat row
from the country 886, from Weymouth sod toombe
Regis 296, total 1,182. Total member of ost-patieate
admitted up to hugest 1872-161se, 7.472; females,
14,856. Bomber from 2 weeks old to 15,yean, 2347;
from 5 to 15, 1,959; from ISt. 30, 8.706 ; horn 30 to
50, 3T2;6 above 50, 3,142, total, nza. Your ear
=Mae have further to report that at the last half-yearly
melded held at the Sanatorium' in February lad, £l5Ol
were added to the sedownientfued after defraying all U-
pson@ up to that date, sad this sent kas hese farther
angenanted by donations to the amount of coo, so that
during the pad year • total of £350 ha, bees added he
the egidOwnWhet fiend, wbioh now stande at the very
rerrtllgure of £4,lss—(eppleues).
or, MK-, la place of his veaerahle father,
W. Ifilot, Req., treasurer, read the treasurer's report:
The iritreseitt Assisteriuns in account settli A.neingsiver.
Oa.Led.
1672 Added to Deposit.. .. 360 0
Advertising, 4 13
Ground gent .. 7 7
elletree's ezpensee 830 7
=toy IS
Bundriee 4 7
Balance to Treseurcee Anode .. 31 10

714 3 0
DL Lid.
1871. Log. 1. Ilalaac• in hand 17 13 6
Lutsanptions sad Doriation" 403 14 6
!sterna on Ikrpodt at tla Dank .. 04 6 0
114ratived from ?Wank' 106 6 0
714 11 0
OuDspit. £1,600
£4,166

Mr. Eliot, having to lasso by the next train,
the out resolution a little before IN usual arca 'rs=
the speoial thanks of this meeting be gives to Dr.
Smith, the founder of tha Saustorum, for hie valuable
INTillell se honorary secretory and physielao.* Ho woe
sure that any words of his would only weaken rather
thus add to the faros of the resolution, and be there.
fore propos,/ it without comment
Unit 001. STEWARD with very great plomPre
sesonded tho proposition. No words of hie, if he were
to stand there for half-an-boor, would lend to imprint
upon them the extent and Talus of the meniass Dr.
Smith had rendered to this instillation up to the
present lima and we al hope that he may long lin to
behold it °options to II 3urish.

lb. ot Omsk; mid:
Yr. Mayor, lodise aacd gentlanso, I think you most
cordially for readying this vote of climbs, ea kindly
proposed by Yr. not, and emended by Colonel Samara,
with middies of so moth hind fooling towards myself
=liy , but when it is coupled with the great work
bt I have been more or lees engaged for more tbon
• quarter of sosotnoy, I feel it to be espocially grateful,
bemuse it affords Ma (rub proof of your motioned sad
tharserbeg Mama In this lostitutios whioh I ham thus
long umemingly Isboured to establiai. Yost of you are
aware if the atria and psugre.. of the Weymouth
Sonotortimi, established to 1848. We are met to day, its
twisty fourth asinivereary, to rode, its past history and
to exprom sot hopes lor its future stability sod looromod
sphere of usefalnem Chemed by the moon we have
*Mimed within Obi walls over cattalo clams of dimmer,
we hope aid beams that Its tutors and foliar domica-
coma will confer matinuod sad lasting Isoosilt on illat
alms of sulfsrers Mr whom it was originally satablishid.
The Benotori am, however. la open tolall slalom of dloseaes
agsming yams and children, mond those of an in.
&Moss or omission' native, and mem', is not
restricted to whin Units sit. district or orantry
from which the invalid MIT 001•0 ; misse from any
port of Groot BitS., or Ireland only tombs • mad
duly signed by • subioribes to minim liar admienion
wheamer there is • vacancy. The mar had
litWyss of our adieu have bolo to •
scrol bond in this lodination that which so y with
wealthy
as, 1101allaild with thdr gold, for look et which matey
• poor maw I. lift be dim est • ishoralde edelansa,
sotsoded end =Wild for, ola Paints 11111Mown.
Oh, my door friends, hi.. toll yos that by you
inatrawrootriby 105 liberal
..suPPert Ica are OW
herbed bombs 111=• milow smainass Ida&
nate bed their te sod thomadme osit
ham I thank yes thondorri orrot aordially tog
ssuhisi aids Motitatio• to be hooded down to
posterity • living Bosomool .1 715? liberality and
sympathy with those oboes owe I have hoot lbw to
Se., hot too faddy advrioarod. Lao= who.! had
I Um privilege mad tiro Omer* of o is the pad.
ties I sow moupy, and addremlog mob an mosiablago
of hallos is I ham own more the eradiation of sashng
before me., this Dalllsfsusa • hi" het• ibli
melt I politico so to
the codownsat hod
coabto oat to canpleto it et this amdmay. lam not
however, altogether disappointed in tho amount added
to that food during the piAreg• vilia=
ladles mid ginthomm lbsh I 4•••
assays ,Abssidossisism = i
icsodabortbor ouro of
• laaa b. Dower Wed sit
mioor,
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• N. lowirctitim/Maiglialliati
loam' N. AIL

from Omeicuf: front Wu Northers* 210 from Sir
Itiehard But, Wm Blasoode, ZS 10s. ; lit.
Thoroid, lb, ; leo L Loa, talk ;D. G. Ladle., Esq..
£25; Dr. S. W. Devon th, DS; Goldney, ;
B..trld(e, oil W.( ban than already in hand
the ens. of FAA° towards the Endowment Fond,
and so.sqUS.tJ7 moire only /350 to make up X 4,500,
wham it will he my prorileg• and my pride to add be
gift of £3OO widish I bad promised se goon as the £4 5(5)
were la baud ; sad I do earneatly hope—not a faint
hops.. I expressed last year—bat • certain hope, tint,
by God heiplot. tie, we snail oompleto this fund do the
twenty-itfth &advocacy of the histitaima and I do
plaid need earosstly thatthose who have not assisted is
In this amity will eow do so, and that those who hey,
airway done to will endeavour amonget their frien -a to
add soniethieg to this fund. I know many in this plea
whose liberality is well known, sad whose charity is
estanalve, who have cot yet born asked for Voir
support; hat I do now moat earnestly leg ail who bane
the swans and the beat to give, to help as to mike op
this fund ere we most here again. For the prosperity
we have &kiddy atteined I fed deeply grateful, and to
the lodise eipsaally would I accord my heel Holt thanks,
for to than chiefly are we I:Welted for this noble moon.
meat of therity—(grest applirise).
In eimelusla Dc. li.rtu proposed • vote of thanks to
the trianior. W. Eliot, Esq. who had on various
meadow matorielly assisted thui mociety, and husbanded
its funds—(bad. The balance we have in baud is •
aulltelent (wake that Hr. Eliot has managed the
fund, judiciously, sad they were very sorry that he was
enable a be present at this naintin,,thonub he had beep
very ably repressmad by his moo.
BWATULLIGIIsseenda the vote of thanks, whisk
wee email asanimaaelY.
Oa. Ihrld•lD footed the thanks of the made( to
tet• moran of the Weymouth Sanatorium, and
ve
to the The ladies ate always forth-
goo* ea these caoasions, in fat he teoL titsward)
was flair jealous at seeing they were moth more
nutnerou than the gentlemen. He wished he cool I
au mom gentlemen at their inieetings—(hear hear). ()a
these isameions things always went so smoothly and so
suisorefully, that there was a groat deal of sameness is
the mesolups, and he almat wished that things coca-
sloaally were going a littie wrong, then there would
have bees something fresh to talk ahont—(latighter)
But unfortunately, or rather fortunately, that had not
Was the tusa Laseptiag perhaps that of their seers-
, tary, the spathes generally were dtill—(litighter). Bat
he had already assigned a reason why he should not
, enemata upoe their time; therefore he would simply
, submit the resolution.

Dr. Baiva meld he hod very great pleasure in swind-
les this theolatios, became it WAS one of Lb* mow
important passel on this or any other occasion. To
the ladies they were *Moly ladebted for thew laminar
in support/mg this resolution. That the, were foremost
In pad deeds was widest from their proven°s from
year le yaw at these ineettate, but be could not say
with Weed !leeward that that he was jialous on
ammeal el their I he rether liked to see that the
= 1"oi
trltitiarews were ladles, eepeilally at It was a
ties. He theaght they had very fair
swamies el his own sec present --(leagliter.)
The resolution was serried by testasation.
Mr. J. 1.. ROAMS moved the vote of thanks to Dr.
Moorhead, for his Nervier as surgeon to the Sanatorium.
All the Meads el the shortly must feel wry gratelM for
the eastleaed good serviees that the medical gentletnes
bad rendered to the ioatitation, and it mast be gratify
lag Is then teatimes to see the strewn of °mutest
"mom that stwarded their effects La to Dr. Moor.
head, as werde of ealetiam were womsery on his part,
the io4Aor'o serview were ohm/fully, freely, and con-
stantly ghee to them, the last Autism owes very math
of ita eacomen, for Dr. Smith himself would admit
very meek ef that mows ww ettribaleble to the very
earnest aad easstaat efforts of his oolieegas Dr. Moor-
beed—(lpplthee. )
The Bev. J. itrerlibraos expressed the pleasure he
felt at being present, and seconded the ,t,.1 thanks.
Hews. mot quit* sortie whether, sfthr this eedowatent
load had hew nude up, these meetings in which Dr.
Smith takes mob grew interest would continue to to
bald; bath. supposed th.t Dr. Smith woull after the
eadowaset farad wee completed dad something froth to
talk shoal He fully agreed tMit Dr. Moorhead deo
served the Wee thanks of the ineeting—(spiolause.)
Mr. Mociaggili, In withowleigiat the oompUmeet,
Maned his grateful thanks to Mr. Rotors and Hoy.
J. Beepbesses, fur the ealogistie terms to which they
bad brought the nowletion before the meetiag, aed to
those press' for the kiad meaner to whioh they 66d
reesived It. While ha felt unworthy of the eacomiame
bestowed apes bias he said he had always derived much
satlethetkva host op-swearing with Dr. Smith in the
=Lel the profemicsal ditties esanemed with that
It wee, he was sere, a wane of couch
theakialaus to both of them that through the liberality
of the eatserthers they had how stabled ander
Provfolooto to relieve so large an amount of human
oallorlog. The mon expanse, they had of the work.
log of the Sanatorium, the more were they °earthed of
its prathical utility. While it had obtained a degree of
ithaadal memo whisk lads no parallel la any other
pubis iaskithtioa in the couaty, it was parUsalarly
gratify's( to lad, as stetted by Dr. Smith, that it wee
aspasalseed by the suffering poor tor whose basset It
wee spesially founded. This wee shown by the statutes
give.
asia the medical report Though the amount of
muserally prevailing had dating the past year
bees ladow the average, the number of those ersekiat
medisal advise at the Sanatorium showed so diminu-
tion, but on the oontrary a slight increase npoe previous
years. This informatioa ho thou4l.t 'Foul" be mtidoc-
tory to its support,. In cmislasiou he expressed the
hope that the Sanatorium would oontinee to pursue the
ma Swear of it. way and to enjoy for umay genera.
Uwe to some a career of ever.luonasing modulo,* and
etosprlty—(aprolowe). Dr. Itherherti, at the *outdo-
sift of his worth, sat I he supposed there was no one
mesal who Led sot sefforod the egoakos at toothsabs,
bal there was • gentlessaa weaseled with the
flanstalima, who was always ready to relieve thow
ZiaHe proposed a vote of theta, to T. Baku,
. : for his valsablo nerviest as serge= and dentist to
theliewilerlars—(epplaase).
Dc. Wei was tally aware of the treat benelits
monferral by Kr. Baker, he bore testioway to the issl
sad kindest' Mr. Baker had discloyed, and sewaried
the vets of thanks.
_

-oSis4sd—ussakstously.
Row. J. Barr moved & vote el thsaks to this Com-
mittee ol tasassreaseal, sad that th• mottle-
men tern the soutsates for the saran year :—Ths
Worship's' the Ilayoc, the trustees Col. Stewsrd, Col.
Co., Gal. Elwalfleld, Rey. J. Ettepheassa, Rev. B. Hord-
B. C. G•osso, req., W. Thumps:lo, Esq., IL
Dsviesdeh Req., Copt. /luster, C.O. Sortstri Igo, sal
Mr. J._L Robots.

—D17..110-0-11-MiL•sesonded. expressing gratitude to the
temmllltes far they mil sod amidtdty.
Dirtied ianealmously.
The Revs fitsralaioa moved a vetoed thanks to
the worthy !layer foe his aerviess as chairman. No
words ef his (Yr. Ilespheneon'e) were new lamasery to
eanaseed the Mayor to any eadiertee in Weymouth
(epsilons.), We all feel very grateful to him for what
he Is dela( foe Weymouth, sod for every good work in
Weymnalk—(antisese). Hs did not kaiser whether all
meetinp over wh'oh his worship presided were quite as
plasma is this, or whether all the other insatutions
whose interesi be &deemed am chairman, where qiiiM aa
&rubbles as this (a laugh); but whenever asked to
come forward &i he had to day, his worship always
most beartily—( applause).
"Tr°,ll6filluman said the Mayor had bee@ most cal-
ms Is osamiction with stiola duties, not only in
manseltioa with this institution, but with all others in
the Men, and every one felt indebted to him for the
way is which he had discharged those duties, sad
eeedielly sereaded the resolution.
Carried amidst applause.
The KAYOS enamel, thanked his kind friends for the
manage Is whisk they had spoken of him. Personally,
hefelta interest in tbe rumor of tbe inatitusioa,
he that by the next anniversary meeting the
Incisemset rued would have been Immolated, and by
way of estling an example, If Dr. Smith would allow
Italitiore staid like to set his name dews for £lO ass
14410104
onship thaakei the ladies and gentlemen for
their itisadeaek sad the VllMMalag eland.