The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-25 00:00:00

BOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTIO N A ND
DISEASES OF THE CHEST, BROMPTON.
—4.
The quarterly court of governors of this admir-
able charity was held on Thursday afternoon, in
the board room of the hospital, the Rev. Sir Henry
Foulis,Bart., in the chair. Amongst the governors
present were the Hon. J. W. Percy, the Hon.
Capt. Maude, R.N.; J. Ivatt Briscoe, Esq., M.P. ;
R. C. L. Bevan, Esq.; T. P. Beckwith, Esq. ; J.
H. Wilson, Esq. ; T. Howard, Esq.; Rev. S. M.
Barkworth, P. Rose, Esq. ; Granville Ryder, Esq.;
Dr. Dickson, John Ball, Esq. • Dr. Cotton, C. Few,
Esq. • the Rev. E. B. Allen (the chaplain).
The following report was read by Mr. Henry
Dobbin, the secretary :
" The Committee of Management report that
during the last three months all the beds (in
number nearly 200) have continued to be fully oc-
cupied ; and the applications for admission, from
patients in the provinces, as well as those in Lon-
don, have been as numerous as ever.
"The Committee having had to announce at the
last meeting of Governors, the appointment of Dr.
Scott Alison to the vacancy in the list of physicians
caused by Dr. Theophilus Thompson's resignation,
they now report the election of Dr. J. Burdon
Sanderson to the vacant office of assistant physician.
" The Committee have to announce a bequest of
£5OO from the late R. Ellison, Esq., reversionary
upon the death without issue of certain parties.
They have also been informed of another legacy,
which is of especial interest, although the amount
will probably be but small. A young woman,
named Elizabeth Oakford, had been an in-patient
for seven months, and at the end of that time
returned home. After the lapse of some five months,
however, finding her end approaching she made a
will, bequeathing all her little savings, and the
proceeds of the sale of her effects to the Consump-
tion Hospital, " in consideration of the very kind
treatment received" by her in that institution.
The number of in-patients admitted since
21th Nov., 1859, is _ _ _ 204

Discharged—more or less benefitted 162
Died
_ _

The number of out-patients is
" At the last Court the committee expressed their
opinion that it would be advisable to make some
public effort in aid of the funds, in the belief that
it would now meet with cordial support, seeing that
some years had elapsed since the last festival. The
committee have the pleasure to report that the Right
Hon. Sir John Pakington, Bart., M.P., G.C.8.,
has most kindly consented to preside on the occa-
sion of a public dinner, which will take place at
the Albion Tavern, on the 16th May, for the ob-
ject of providing for the general expenditure of the
hospital, and with a view to the formation of a
special fund for the extinction of the mortgage
debt, which presses so heavily on the financial re-
sources of the charity.
" The committee earnestly invite the cordial and
united co-operation of the governors on this ()sea-
sion ; and they trust that the amount of public
support which may be accorded to the charity may
be the means of placing it on a firmer basis than
heretofore. They venture again to urge upon the
benevolent the fact that the hospital is entirely de-
pendent upon voluntary contributions; that it is
also wholly unendowed, and further, that the an-
nual subscriptions amount to not much more than
one-third of the sum required yearly to keep the
-hospital in full operation."
The report was unanimously approved and
adopted ; after which a vote of thanks to the chair-
man and committee of- management was proposed
by J. H. Wilson, Esq., who warmly eulogised the
attentive, prudent, and energetic manner in which
the affairs of the charity were administered by the
committee. The motion was supported by J. 'vett
Briscoe, Esq., M.P., who endorsed the opinion as to
the efficient management of the hospital, and re-
ferred to the comfort enjoyed by the patients, and
to the gratitude constantly expressed by them.
The meeting then separated.