The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-04-02 00:00:00

PROJECTED NORTHERN HOSPITAL.

QEVERAL persons desirous to promote the institution of a
I. NORTHERN HOSPITAL for Liverpool, having met on
the 15th of March, 1833, resolved themselves into a Provisional
Committee, to forward that object,
WILLIAM BROWN, Esq. in the Chair.

A sub-committee was appointed to enquire into the site, ex-
tent, and probable expense of such an establishment, who, on
the 25th of March, submitted the following report, which was
approved and ordered to be presented to the public.

REPOLI T.

The want of an additional Medical an Surgical Infirmary
to meet, in some degree, the present n essities of the poorer
classes of the greatly enlarged potion of Liverpool, has
been long felt, and acknowledged, a more particularly by
those most conversant with the condition and wants of that
class of its inhabitants.
The establishment of such an Institution therefore has been
at differnt periods contemplated by many benevolent indi-
viduals.

It is obvious, however, that the foundation of any Charitable
Institution is an undertaking of great importance and respon-
sibility, calling for considerable exertion on the part of its
first promoters, and requiring the countenance and support of
those among whom it is intended to exist, and upon whose
Cdntributions its subsequent capability and usefulness must de-
pend. .
But before. submitting to the public the grounds upon which
this, necessity rests, those who are anxious to promote this
measure, desire to disclaim altogether any intention to interfere
with the excellent establishment of the same kind already ex-
isting, but rather to co-operate in the same philanthropic
labour.

The importance and utility of the present Infirmary are
universally acknowledged, but its inadequacy to meet the wants
of a-rapidly increasing population, is also undeniable, and has
long been a subject of regret to its managers, and to the medi-
cal profession generally in Liverpool.
That it has been so to the former,_ is in proof by the follow-
ing extract from the Report for 1825, being the year subse-:
quent to that in which the present building was opened :
It has been with the greatest reluctance that the visiters have
been compelled to reject numerous applications for relief; as not-
withstanding the great additional accommodation aprded by the
new infirmary, it has frequently been found inadequate to the
increased population, and consequent increase of applicants for
medical relief"
Here then is the best of evidence, that the evil for which a
remedy is now sought has longeexited; and when we look at
the fact, that the increase of population since 1821 amounts to
50,000, it is en innvitnbie consequence that that evil must have
been-gradually and proportionably augmenting,. and will still
continue so to do, (unless further provided against,) notwith-
standing the arrangements now making by thl4.Alifirmary
Committee for the separate accommodation of Lock Patients.
The necessity being thus self-evident and very generally ad-
mitted, it remains only to submit the views of the projectors of
a New Hospital, as to the most eligible mode of accomplishing
their object; namely, that of affording immediate accommoda-
tion- to meet a present necessity, with the confident expectation
that so doing will ultimately lead to the foundation of a more
extensive establishment

It is proposed that a House suitable to accommodate Fifty
Patients shall be taken, fitted up, and provided with all requ.-
sites for their immediate reception.
With respect to locality, the northern parts of the town have
the first claim for consideration, inasmuch as they are princi-
pally and densely inhabited by the labouring classes, and are so
far distant from the present Infirmary, as to render the removal
of patients always difficult, and sometimes impossible.
With regard to the expense, no better guide presents itself
than the information obtained from the Infirmary Reports,
which warrants a conclusion, that from £l2OO to £l5OO per an-
num will be sufficient for the immediate accommodation in-
tended, exclusive of the necessary outfit.
Having now submitted their project to the public, together
With proof of its absolute necessity, the promoters of a Northern
Hospital for Liverpool entertain the greatest confidence, that
their views will be met with that liberality both of sentiment
and action, which is at once consistent with the moral feeling
and benevolence which have hitherto distinguished the town,
and placed it in the prominent situation it occupies in the esti-
mation of the civilized world.

A GENERAL MEETING of the Friends of this project will be
held on 'Wednesday, the 10th of April, at Twelve o'Clock, in
the Sessions House; at which meeting the Worshipful the
MAYOR has kindly consented to preside.
Books for Subscriptions will be left at the different Banks.