The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-01-29 00:00:00

APPRENTICES FROM THE WORKHOUSE.

Mr. Gough, the governor, stated that, in compliance with
the with expressed by the board, that he should take some
steps to ascertain the terms on which some of the boys could
be appentieed as sailors, he had communicated with Mosrs.
Stoddart Brothers, shipowners, of this town, who had
expressed their willingness t) take one bov, and stated that
a friend of theirs would take three, on condition that with
each, a premium of £lO would be given, and en outfit
provided ; in return for which, they would allow the boys
£2O per head, in stipulated proportions, over the four years
during which their apprenticeship was to last
Mr. Harrison, and one or two other members, declared
their conviction that the proposal was a fair one, and should
be acceded to.

Mr. Callis objected to the terms, snd said he felt quite
certain that there are many respectable shipowners in
Liverpool who would take the boys on their being furnished
with an outfit alone, and make them the same allowance
during their apprenticeship as that which had been named.
He moved that a sum not exceeding £lO be provided to
eacli boy leaving the workhouse to be appreroicei as a
sailor, the money to be expended in an outfit for him.
Mr. I Edwards stconded this motion, which was unani-
mously agreed to.

MEDICAL OFFICER OF THE WORKHOUSE,

Mr. Pitts moved thlt an assistant be appointed to Dr. Ne.
vins, for the next two months, before the expiry of which
time the board would be in a position to determine upon
the ultimate course to be adopted.
The motion having been seconded,

Mr. Shaw m3veccas an amendment, that the sum of 30s.
per week be allowed to Dr. Nevins for one month, to pay
the sllary of a dispenser.
Mr. I. Edwards seconied the amendment.

Mr. Whitby drew attention to a printed circular which
Dr. Nevins had addressed to the board of guardians, in
which that gentleman set forth that in the Liverpool
Workhouse, where there are on an average 600 patients;
there are five medical officers, giving an average of 120
patients to each medical officer, Is also drew attention
to the other hospitals in Liverpool, and showed that in
the Royal Infirmary 213 pat'ents were attended to by
nine medical officers ; in the Nor hero Hospital, 120
patients received the attention of eight medical officers;
in the Southern Hospit tl, 80 patients rccAve the services of
six medical gentleme ; whereas in the West Derby Work-
house there were 218 patients, and only one medical officer.
He would confine his observation to the first and the last
item's in the statement. It was a serious matter to represent
that the poor of 'the West Derby Workhouse were so

inadequately provided with medical aid, as was to be inferred
from the statement to which he had just alluded. The case
seemed very much distorted, as stated by Dr. Nevins in the
circular. Ile (Mr. Whitby) held in bis hand a return signed
by the governor of the Liverpool workhouse, from which
it appeared that the number of medical officers of that
establishment is three, and that there were at the time
that return was made out 825 cases there, or 275 to each
medical gentleman.
Mr. Shaw's amendment was, after some further discus-
sion carried.

Mr, 'Whitby then moved that a return be made up and

furnished to the board, of all the medical and sargicA
cases in the Workhouse, with a history of the cases as
they occur.--Agreed to.
PROPOSED SEPARATION OF TOXTETH PARR FRIII THE
UNION

This subject was again bron,zht forward, when a report
from the committee appointed to answer the inq airy of the
General Poor-law Board as to the expediency of discon-
necting Toxteth Park from the West Darby Union, was
read. It set forth the folio wine propositions :
I. That it has been proved that additional Workhouse
accommodation for the union is abaolutely requisite.
2. That any extension of the present Workhouse, as
proposed by Mr. Holme, in his report therewith, will prove,
in all probability, only sufficient to meet the requirements
of the union as at present, constituted, . for a very limited
period
3. That the present Workhouse and schools occupy one
site of land, and the Workhouse for sick poor, which is a
separate and distinct establishment, are both in the
township of gverton ;'and if they were to be abandoned
for a more suitable and cheaper site whereon to erect
buildings capable of meeting the requirements of this
rapidly increasing Union, the ratepayers thereof would
sustain a serious loss by reason of the small or dispropor—
tionate amount that woula be realised upon a sale of the
land and buildings, as compared with the original outlay or
cost of each land and buildings.
4. That the present Workhouse, together with the
Workhouse for sick poor, are amply sufficient tit. all
requirements of the Union, provided Toxteth Park was
separated therefrom.
5. That the township of Toxteth Park, a part of which
is included in the borough of Liverpool, now contains
70,000 inhabitant, and that it is yearly rapidly increasing
in population and rateable value.
6. That the townships of Weal Derby, Everton awl
Kirklale, and Boo+.-cunt-Linacre, forming part of the
same, are likewise Tapigly increasing in population and
rateable value.
Mr. Harrison argued that the separation would be a con-
siderable annual pecuniary benefit to Toxteth Park.
Tho report was then o•dered to be further eonstdered at
the next meeting, and the members adjourned.