The Telegram. — 1896-08-25 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

EACH PATIENT. hospital six week., the totals work out (1) For conveyance of patient as follow : to hospital from any place £ d. Within the borough, 3s 6l 0 3 6 if from outside the borough per mile, one way, 2. (2) Medical officer's fee for  genera Finneran en ence, £22a (for the six week!) ... 2 2 0 (3) Nor medicine and medical attendance where no other  practitioner employed, per w0k.11,1 . 6 6 0 (4) Use of hospital and for washing and disinfectants, per week, 158 .. 410 0 (A) Services of mime—if untrained per week, £1 ls ; (A) 6 6 0 (B) trained, £2 2s ; (C) (B) 12 12 0 board of nurse, if trained, (C) 5 5 0 per week, 17, 64 (5) Services of matron —for . .  cooking and general attend. ance, per week, 10t 6d ... 3 3 0 (3) Board of patient, per week, 15,  4 10 0  We contend that the charges for cases in the borough, taken as a whole, are exorbitant. In some boroughs no charge is made to persons who do not come under the head of private patients. Certainly the working classes—who in too many cases have enough to de to make both ends meet—ought not to be compelled to contribute, because, owing to the limited accommodation in their houses, they cannot properly isolate cases themselves; and it is to the interest of the community at largethat the cases should receive proper treatment in a building specially constructed for the purpose. Besides, the working classes pay their quota to the rates, and the institution was provided out of the rates. Let us look at the matter from another point of view. The present charges would have to be very greatly reduced before a person belonging to the so-called middle classes would be able to "pay the piper," especially if he happened to have two or three children stricken at the same time, fora must be noticed that the charges are "for each patient admitted." The only persons who could poesibly stand the scale of charges would be those ' who are well-to-do, and where they had room they would probably prefer to isolate any cases they might have in their own residences. As a result of the discussion about the charges at the Town Council meeting it was agreed that they should be subject to the understanding that, on the merits f any individual case, the council reserved to themselves the liberty, if so determined, to modify the charges. We fancy the inhabitante would like a little better definition than this as to the intention of the council before they consent to send their children to the isolation hospital. The question of increasing the medical officer's salary is before the Town Council, and we would suggest that in order to get rid of a big item from the scale of charges the medical officer should be paid a salary to cover as far as possible all cases which he is called upon to attend in the infectiOns hospital. If this were done every ratepayer would be paying his quota to the increased salary, and no hardships would be felt in any individual case. It is well known that compared with other towns of similar size Dr. Day is very much underpaid for the duties he is called upon to perform.  Mr. Ben Tißets has been arrested at Antwerp, and is in prison. He went there on a mission in connection with the International Federation of Waterside. Labourers.  In a military crosescountry competition which took place on Friday at Aldershot, the principal prize, a handsome shield presented by the Duke of Connaught, the general commanding the diserich was won by ebe 4th King's Royal ltdle Corps.  A collision occurred at Waterloo Station on Friday evening, in consequence of a heavy engine fouling the points just as the five o'clock express WM moving out of the station. The engine of the express ran into the other engine, and anstained Bowe damage. Fortunately, no person was injured. The line was soon'eleared.  Mußosa OR SUICIDE ?—Dr. Oswald opened an inquiry at Marylebone on Friday, concerning the death of John Andrew Aitken, coffee haute keeper, late of 71, blarylebone Lane, whore wife Emma had been charged with wilfuliy murdering him, and roman, led. One of the witnenees iitaled that the deceared while staniiine at the door of the *Lop bleeding from the wound in hie neck said, "I did it. I committed enicide."—Tne inquiry was adjourned.  STRANG! DEATH OF AN INDIAN PRINCE IN LONOoN.—An inquest was held at Hammersmith, London, on Friday, as to the death of Souchaith Singh, Prince of Cliumba, of the Punjaub, aged about 55, who died on Monday night. The medical evidence was to the effect that death Wa .9 caused by a large clot of blood on the brain, and that all the internal organs ware diseased by alcohol. It appears from the evidence of a young French woman with whom decrseed lived that he came to this country to eatablish him right to be Rajah of Chtunba, mid to obtain an increasent the allowance male to him by the Indian Government.  BEWARE of the Party offering imitations of MACNIVEN k