The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-31 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN HOSPITAL.

The Committee of the Liverpool Northern Hospital, in
presenting their sixth annual report to the -trustees, return
their best thanks to those who have so generously contributed
to its support during the past year.
The committee are proud to think that this charity is now
beginning to assume a place in public estimation commensu-
rate with the benefit it confers; and they earnestly hope,
when its commanding claims are more generally known, when
the widely extended district it embraces, and the number of
severe accidents which occur in its particular situation, are
considered, that benevolence will flow freely in this channel.
On comparing the receipts of the year with those of the
preceding, it will be seen that a considerable diminution has
taken place in the contributions received, from seemons in
behalf of the charity, in donations and legacies, and from the
want of the usual benefits of the triennial Musical Festival ;
that, had it not been for an increase in the subscription list,
the institution must have been involved in dfficulty, and its
operations seriously cramped. Under these circumstances,
the committee earnestly solicit in its behalf the countenance
of ministers of religion, and of those whose influence in so-
ciety and means of making known the interests and objects
of the charity must render their services invaluable.
No one, bestowing a moment's consideration upon the
locality of-the Northern Hospital,- will deny, that its well
being is of vital importance to the community at large.
Surrounded by manufactories, and in the immediate vicinity
of the most extensive and crowded docks, it must, necessa-
rily, be in daily receipt of accidents the most fearful ; yet the
committee, for the want of accommodation, are too frequently
reduced to the painful necessity of turning from its doors
those whom the common feelings of humanity would prompt
them to relieve. From amidst the frequent occurrence of
such cases the following may be cited :
In the early part of the year, a chapel, in process of being
removed, in Leeds-street, fell, burying the workmen in its
ruins. Six men and a boy were brought to the Northern
Hospital, suffering from injuries so dreadful that two died
before morning. At that time the hospital was crowded to
excess, and into wards already filled beyond their comple-
ment the officers were compelled to place these unfortunates.
A short time afterwards an explosion of steam took place
on board her Majesty's ship Urgent, by which many of her
engineers and crew were severely scalded. They were brought
to the Northern Hospital (already in the receipt of thirteen
accidents during the week), and, having received every at-
tention which their situation admitted of, were, of necessity,
obliged to be sent elsewhere, the hospital being too crowded
for their accommodation.

After such painful evidences as these, and numberless
others which might be enumerated, the committee respect-
fully urge the inhabitants of Liverpool to come forward in
support of this charity, and, by affording the means neces-
sary for its further enlargement, evince their approval of an
institution so noble in its designs.

GENERAL R
ADMITTED.

.ETURN, 1839

Accidents 383
Med. cases l On recom- f 275
Surgic. do. J mendation 1 269
In-Patients, Dec., 1838 76

DISCHARGED, &C.
Cured
Relieved 5B
Irregular 32
Incurable
Died B9
Attending as Out-Patients 13
Remaining in the Hospital 82