The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-02-23 00:00:00

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Feb. 26., 1838.

PROPOSED souTa HOSPITAL.

•
.5D • '-- I-TOR OF:THIf: LIVERPOOL STANDAqD.
8111,---1 feel diOre'lliaii'ai coalition- int ere4.t. in- the. we fare of
the charities of the town, and am one of the last persons to find
fault with the charitable intentions of my fellow-townsmen;
but; when charity becomes perverted, I feel called upon to Make
known to.those who are ready to assist their needy brethren the
following statement, and at the smile time bid them beware lest
they be beguiled into an error which May have a-very injurious
tendency:
The charitable institutions Ar the relief of the sick and maimed
are more nanteraos in Liverpool. in proportion to its size. i/lirit
any other toting in England. We have an infirmary, which' can
accommodate WO patients; we have the NOrthern Hospital-,
which cad acemdmodate nearly MO; we have a lock hospital.
Which accommodates SO; we have
•hospital attached to the •
-WiAktt,,itse, which, I believe, will 'contain about .20:1; We havo
a hospitil for infectious diseases, which will contain 2w,;"we
have an eye infirmary which will accominodate a few pdtients;
The institutions I have nainedare those which receive the poor
Within their Walls, where they are fed—Where-they have warm
Mitt Comfortable beds, and are attended regularly by the most
Wended. of the medical profession Besides these charities we
haVe two dispensaries, which give relief to upwards of 81X1Tresh
cases weekly! A nd- we have a fend le 'Charity. The theilidai
ttititlia attached to
ttiiiiptahreesei tyffeerrprotte,tl (,-%hi7hres i ii‘iitoit(t.tho,:tsitnetr,townhieiifee tivie,er
poPulatton is greater—where it will be (Mind the accominotla-
tMn is in proportion one- half. Then, sir, with' this acCoMino-.
'dation in Livervol, can another hospital be required ? ThiS is
a question each man should ask himself. Aod again, is it ex-
pedieut to establish another hospital while it is knOwn that two
faour most useful charities are in debt? Is the Northern
Hospital languishing and in debt ? Is the Dispen;ary in debt?
Is this a time for establishing a hospital when thhusands are
Starvitig in out-streets? Is it a time to Call upon the charitable
lasiipPort that which I shall endeatriihr to prove is not-wanted?
-The accidents at the son;,h rad of the town are comparatively
few. - I assert this from .experience:-
.and, in confirmation of •
this assertion I call upon the medical officers of the South Dis
peosary to state. wliether they have been Chlled to many cases
which could not have been moved with safety to the Infirmary
ThiScadeasily be ascertained by a reference to the visitors'
Woks: .That au occasional case may occur, where dangerous
consequences -might' result
.froma removal, none can doubt ?
-Butidwhatliatt of thetown may this not happen? When I
.."attended the South Dispensary the surgicalicasesWere few, and
• trentetnber but two cases which could have been considered as
coining under the elassof bad accidents,. and these Might have
`)teen reMoved safely to the 'nth wary.
• 'The.case -I have brought befOre the public is one of great
''cOnSequence'. The South Hospital cannot be established with-
'out ittjuryto 160 other charities; and it insist be allowed 'by all,
evert it were •con4idered.neceisary, that it must he snatkh less
ZariThati any Other. Who are the promoters of thiS'? • Let thiS
be enqiined into: I Caney they wit-I. be found !busy tor self,
,cattier than the public good.l am, - • • -• •
_ . . " A COMMITTEE MAN.

DISTRESS OF THE POOR.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL. SrwIND.IRD

Charity begins •at • home!' is a maxim of universal
application. and it is not iinfrequent, when voo apply to indivi-
duals for assistance; to hear it quoted, and dwelt upon at stone
length and with effect. Barely have I known it to be .practised
more rigidly than at the present inclement season'. Our towu
AboundS 'with Institutions of various descriptions, having fur
theirobject the•moral and intellectual improveinent of the po-
pulation of this large and enterprising community, whose grand
objects embrace' the culture' of the mind; and it is hoped, in
some degree; they unite to promote a correct code of morals.
All this is verb excellent, and all who-assist m so good a work
are justly'entitied to the appellation of good citizens. But, .1
presume, there is a work of charity which is entitled to take pre-
cedence of this, I mean the:work of active benernienceto meet
the wants of the suffering poor.
' ho t hal has a heart of compassion does not feel for suffering
'humanity at the • present season—a season of severity rarely
•khown within the memory of many of the present generation?
The tales of woe and the 'heart-rending sights Which'daily pre-
sent themselves to those who have the distribution of the funds
of the various 'institutions of the town are such as would be
scarcely fit' to meet the public eye. Often are the'compassion-
ate and sympathising feelings of those who kindly undertake to
visit the abodes of wretchedness and misery 'excited to such a
'degree as is impossible to describe, as ising. from the .means at
heir dispoSal being so inadequate•to meet the. respective cases
of want and misery. •
:,barreth:t
These remarks -are not offered as a subject of complaint,. for
it must be admitted, that our good old town has so far dope nobly
in contributing to works of charity, for it. has been matter of
congratulation for some weeks Nit in particular amongst those
who take an active part promoting the charitable institutions
(01,1111,41,hat the inhabitants have come forward in a manner
'Mat does them' infinite credit.' But still there are many whose
Means enable them to contribute to the Stranger's-Fund Sock.-
and authtiiisedllievr:oatiit;ilhetin) biet
• ty, the District Provident'Soeiety; to the Soup Fund, &c.. who
ciaslLeiighulpyonprboybsabit,aresdpoecn,atatibolne
would be giVen, or perhaps a regular subscription promised. I
Would therefore advise, that. as the town is divided iutomards,
which are well defined, gentlemen (and ladies)•be appointed to
particular sections, ro call upon such inhabitants as may be
able io contribute to some of the various funds of the charitable
, institutions of the town, which have for their object the mitiga-
'thin of the sufferings now endured by the poor.,
To the honour of some tit the congregations in the town, there
' have been large collections for the poor.' Why should not all
follow'? Let the collections be general in all chinches and
chapels; and it is also hoped; that the heads of families will
immediately recommend a subscription for the poor in their
respective domestic circles, and that the masters of establish-
thetas, both large and small, will, without delay., recommend
the cause of suffering, humanity to those in their employ, fin-
if
mt.:us:Lido
iii the various Le.atnirteiterees
at.bisLhientetuhles.saasm:elpil plan be
manufaCtories in the town. • .1 rejoice to find, that the ,c,terks in
respectable firm in the Exchauge-builain4s .haiTe, within
' time -last few ala)s, contributed
,t he ,stork.of sixteen prowls to-•
wards the Nuns of the District,Provideot Society. Who would
not, follow so noble an example? Surely Many, and doubtless
another week's list of ciintributiOns will embrace not a few Of
- similar exhibitions of sympathy for the suffering poor at this
season of
Liverpool,
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