Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-10-03
Concerning Hospitals.


connected with the University of Yer
mont as financial agent, took trip this
summer through England, Scotland and
Wales and in his travels paid some atten-
ton to the hospitals, or intirmaries, OF
the countries through which he passed.
He collected postcards of the leading in
situations and pamphlets containing in
formation regarding their management,
all of which were forwarded to his
cousin, Miss Eta HarwoOd, of whose
interest in the ubject ne felt assured.
In these pamphlets are many hints con-
corning the attitude and responsibilities
of a community towards the hospital in
its midst, which hints are not beyond
local application to the Randolph sana-
forum in the present crisis of its affairs.
Take for instance, the Royal lnhrnary
of Edinburgh, which has grown from
a house of six beds to the largest general
hospital in the British empire, having
now accommodations for 900 pate nts.
Like many other institutions OF kin
dred nature, it had very humble begin
ming but new buildings were added from
time 10 time TO meet increased demands
as the fame of the institution and its staff
spread. To provide for the extensions to
relieve the suffering poor, tine managers
have principally been indebted to large
anc small legacies bequeathed to the in
tirmgrg and they RVow, in their report,
right to expect that the community viii
SUPPORT the extensions and the CClsC-
4uent increased cost Of the hospital. The
benefits oi the institution are shared by
all. AID the working classes. who receive
thl 1.cst direct benefits, are alive 10 their
respCI zibilitir-. The largest class OF ma
tients is THAI Of domestic servants, OF
whom 1909 ar. treated annually in the
wards The aim Of the managers - not
to excite people 70 sFasnodi- effort to
meet TEMPORARY necessities but to AWAKEN
a wider and deeper sense of responsibility,
which Will insure steady, systematic offer
ing according to the means of the oiieger.
The 99th report of the Denhighshire in
{ Urinary of Wales, made last year, ac-
| knowledged annual subscriptions to the
amount OF 33S pounds l-I69J) and donE-
lions of 63 pounds ($315). In addition
| there were church and chapel collections
of So pounds (S440), money from collec-
ton box at station, 100 pounds from the
president OF the association, besides
| gratutous official service, proceeds of
LaIls, dramatic and other l-.g-,a.uacnJS.
and three small legacies. For a hundred
years Denbigh shire infrmary has evi-
IDENTIFY been Loyalty supported in its
section, whose charity IS OF the robust
variety that sufereth long and is kind.
The Chester General intrmary Of Eng
/ land has been supported for 1913 years by
( voluntary subscriptions that have to cover
expenditures OF so. 500 "a year. Over
I 1000 patients are treated annually, the
! daily average being 81. Church Collec-
tions furnished in one year -, 800, the
/ Working Men'5 Hospital committee S1720
more, and an annual charity bail under
the auspices of the lord mayor provided
$780, Numerous small Iegacies were re-
ceived, ranging from =, 500 to $3.50. The
Queeu's school supported cot, the work
snOp employees Contribu their mites,
the heads OF large business houses gave
of their abundance and even a football
cup competition was held with resulting
/ benefaction CT $40.
When for more than a century the POor
have continued to give of their peEury
and the well-to-dO of their substance in
! order to support these in1irmaries, it must
( be conceded that no more satisfying
charity exists than the hospital that cares
/ for those who in the hour of suffering
might otherwise he uncared for or become
the victims of ignorance and neglect.
Steady, systematic charity, not spas
modic generosity, is the greatest need Of
sanatorium or hospital. If churches
should furnish fewer flannel shirts and
silk hats to South Sea Islanders and
regularly donate something to the sup
port of a benefiCent local institution,
/ Christian influences would still be eX-
tended. If fraternal societies would show
substantial interest in the place where
fraternal help and comfort can be given
in the largest measure, the brotherhood
of man would assume a really tangible
form. And finally if the community,
individually and collectively, felt the
personal interest it should in one of its
greatest attractions to possible residents
and in its greatest safety to present III
habitants, there would be fewer names
in the census of the town that did not
reappear on the roll of the Sanatorium
Aid society as honorary or active mcm-
bers.