The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-15 00:00:00

to procure a statistical amount of infantile diseases ;

ascertain the most appropriate treatment, especially
the prevalence of epidemics.
The Chairman, in opening the business of the meetiag•
said they had been called together for the purpose of havial
placed before them the report and the annual accounts of
the institution. It ball been established only a few Yen
but he was happy to say that since its establishment it hla
been most successful, and its usefulness had been extend',
as far as possible. lie then, without detaining them
longer, called upon the Secretary to read the report for the
past year.
The Secretary then read the report, which showed that
during the past year the number of patients entered wag
811, giving an increase of thirty three per cent. upon To,
preceding year, The Committee also made the followlfz
recommendations. 1. The services of a resident hott.°
',,,
surgeon, to be continually on the spot. 2. A house suitabl.
for the accommodation of in as well as out patients, wile`:
beds may be provided for those severer cases which reqolr
the most constant care and attention. An anal-

sis of dl

eases of children admitted during the year 1855,
the following :—Diseases of stomach and bowels„
diseases of lungs and air passages, 1.54; diseases of nervt,,'3;
system, 18 ; Diseases of eye, 23; diseases of heart. ;10
teething, 48 ; Scrofula, 38; skin diseases, 54; infanll
fever, 61 ; scarlatina, 36; measles, 11 ; diseases of teetht
35 ; surgical cases, 58 : total, 811.
The Rev. W. Pollock then rose for the purpose of WI!
that the report be accepted, and printed, and circulated'
He said he had much pleasure in moving that resolutiotl
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because he found that the usefulness rendered by the,.
institution were in exact ratio with its modesty and 0
obtrusiveness. He passed a deserved compliment upon
president and Mr. A. Stephens, the secretary, throne a
whose exertions he attributed the success which Pilig
attended the institution. He then dilated upon the objet
of the institution, which he said were of the utmost irnrri
tance to all classes, the rich and the poor, and regretter°
that it should appear that amongst the latter class til,(;.
should be such an indifference to infantile life, which "l
not arise so much through unkindness as thrdugh ignorance.
Having quoted from the report the number of deaths
among infants, he called upon the public as Christians to
give their support to this excellent institution.
Mr. E. Higgin, in seconding the resolution, express'ro
his belief, that when the objects of the society became' '13`).10
generally known, it would meet with greater support. be
present, there were not more than 120 subscribers, all" 400
was sure that when it became known to the 1,200 or 1,'0,0,
persons who maintained the charitableinstitutions of the to a
that it would have their support, and that there would be
large accession of subscribers. He conclueed by sec3lldn
the motion, which was unanimously adopted.
The statement of accounts were then read, and shexe'l
balance of above £7O in favour of the institution.
On the motion of Mr. F. Chapple, seconded by rig,
Jones Ford, the accounts were confirmed, and ordered to
printed.
ed,
Mr. Samuelson then moved a resolution, to the ereu,ho
that in consequence of the success that had attended te,
institution since its establishment, and to increase its rsa
fulness, means be adopted for having a regular hi
surgeon, and to provide for the reception of in-do
patients, in compliance with the recommendation oft be
committee's report. He, at some length, pointed out "f
necessity of such a step, in order to preserve the livelt'o
infants of the poorer classes, and thus tend to suppress
epidemic diseases amongst the poor. n.
Mr. C. Batten seconded the resolution, which w" , to
animously adopted, and a sub-committee was appointea
carry out the recommendations after the necessary subs
crir
tions had been raised. Asa

Mr. Spence offered a few remarks in support 0'
resolution, urging upon the public to come forward 3,„"120
give their assistance in carrying out the objects of t
society.
A vote of thanks was next proposed to the officers of Oil
society, and to the president, who, in returning thanks, s,3ett
he did not doubt that the public of Liverpool would, "nod
the institution was made known to them, come forward
render their assistance in carrying out its objects
on the subscription list for various amounts, the meeti
their 113113.01
Several gentlemen present having subscribed
broke up.

MEETING'