The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-24 00:00:00

Consumption Hospital.

A quarterly court of governors of this charity
was held in the board-room of the hospital on Thurs-
day afternoon, Lieut.-General the Hon. Thos. Ash-
burnham in the chair. There were present the Hon.
E. B. Wrottesley, Mr. P. J. Anguarde, Mr. T. P.
Beckwith, Mr. J. Colebrook, Mr. T. F. Crew, Dr.
Dickson, the Rev. T. W. Franklyn, Mr. W. Need-
ham, Mr. H. E. Pellew, Mr. W. Thomas, &c.
The minutes of the last two courts were signed,
and an abstract of the minutes of the subsequent
meetings of the committee of manageroent was
read. The secretary then read the report of the
committee of management, from which it appeared
that owing to the large number of applicants on the
list it had been found necessary that the full com-
plement of beds (210) should be kept occupied till
a later period in the summer than usual ; a tempo-
rary and small reduction would be required in order
to carry out the customary annual repairs. The
out-patients' attendances also continued large. The
committee had still reason to acknowledge ?hank-
fully the support given to the charity by the general
public and by the clergy. The following legacies
had been announced :—Miss Ann Bailey, £5OO Con-
sols ; Mrs. Sheldon, £lOO Consols ; Mr. W. IL
Powell, half of residue ; W. C. Grove, Esq., £lOO ;
Mrs. Story, £5OO duty free; R. Churchward, Esq.,
£lOO ; Mrs. Henniker Wilson, £lOO.
This source of income continued to be an im-
portant one, as affording a means of making up the
difference between the annual subscriptions and the
year's expenses, the amount of the latter being still
about double that of the former. A summary of
the Medical Committee's report on the cases of the
patients who returned on May 31 from wintering in
Madeira had been published in the medical and
other papers. The committee did not consider that
the results of the experiment were sufficiently en-
couraging to justify them at present in repeating it.
A sub-committee had been appointed to investi-
gate and report upon the subject of the proposed
alterations in the rules as to the admission of in-
patients, referred back to them by the annual court
for further consideration ; and, secondly, to inquire
and report whether increased accommodation for
in and out-patients could be safely and conveniently
provided, either by enlarging the present hospital
buildings, or by any other and what means. A
meeting of the sub-committee had been held, and
they were now awaiting the report of the architect.
The appointment of dental surgeon, being tenable
for three years only, had been declared vacant in
accordance with the rules. Mr. Howard Howard,
who had ably discharged the duties of the office since
its creation in 1863, being eligible for re-election,
the committee had much pleasure in reappointing
him.

The number of patients admitted between May 31
and August 9 (the date of the report) was 184 ; dis-
charged, many materially relieved, 175 ; died, 27 ;
new out-patients' cases, 1,599.

The report having been adopted, on the motion of
Mr. W. THOMAS, seconded by Mr. CREW,
The Rev. T. W. FRANKLYN asked several ques-
tions, both as to the amount of benefit which te-
suited from treatment in the hospital and as to its
permanent character.
These inquiries elicted from Dr. Symes Thompson
very satisfactory answers.

It was then moved by the Rev. T. W. Franklyn,
seconded by the Hon. E. B. Wrottesley, and unani-
mously resolved, "That in pursuance of the recom-
mendation of the committee of management, the
Lord Bishop of Lichfield be elected a vice-president
of this charity."
A cordial vote of thanks to the chairman (the
Hon. General Ashburnham), moved by Mr. W.
Thomas, and seconded by Mr. H. E. Pellew, closed
the proceedings.

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