On provident dispensaries as a means for promoting the public health / by James Christie.

  • Christie, James, 1829-1892.
Date:
[1880?]
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    tka Gimrmng Bodies of Ifogpital*.—Sir '1 i Fowell Buxton, Ban., Sir Ruiherfonl Alcock, K.C.B.. Mr. R H. Lushington. Mmmbers of t/ie .Vetliail Pro/e*gioit intJte JJetropolis.—^Ir. Timothy Holwes, Mr. Ernest Hart, Dr. Joseph KodgtM-s. Jiepregruhitit'^^ of the Saturday HotpHal Fund.—Messrs. Mackenzie, Byne, and Frewer. Memben of the Ancient Order of Forestrra, of tJte Jude- pendent Order of < u>», of the Hiitrd Ptitriots Natioiud Benefit Society, and oj the iJniide.—Messi-s. Radley, Crii»)»s. Heme, Newman, Armstrong, and Witted. At the lii-st nieetiuj; of tliis ttee, in July last, a suhnxJinmittee was apjHnnt^Hl to pivjwre u.. i.i^t draft of heme; and it was resolvetl that the scheme be bastni on the 1 ... prim iples:—1. That, as the dis|)en8ariej> are intended to l»e for that portion of the jwpulation which is between the class aide to pay the usual professional fees and the destitute class providetl for by the Poor I^iw, the rat<>H of payment and the expenses should b<« arranged in acconla«ce with that view. 2. That the rates of jiayment at the dispensaries Ih? sufficient to defray the curn*nt expenses, including the due remuneration of the medical officers. 3. That the Ijcst mode of providing for the preliminary cx]>enBe8 and outfit l»e sjK'cially considero<l by the sub- mmmittfm 4. Thatacarefidly considereilaiTangenientlK-jn-epuml for the prompt interchange of cases aniong disjiensjirics and lioK))itjils •ooording to their re.six'ctive requirements. T). Thnt an armnge- BMKit be also ma<le to secure Kkille<l and experienced nursing for dSK^eamry patients when necessary. In this brief sketch which I hare given of thv movement for the CBtablishment of Provident Disptinsaries in the metropolis, you would observe that it had its origin almost simultaneously in the ascertainc<l abuse of the metropolitan medie-al charities, and in tmcta brought to light through the investigations of the Charity Organization 8o< The committee ai»|ioint<:'<i at the mcjeting jjresided over by Sir William Fergusson, the Medical Committee of the Charity Organi- zation Society, and the Memorialists to the British Medical Association, all agree<l on one point—viz., the establishment and extension of Provident Dispensaries as a mo<le of getting out of the difficulties of medical charity abuse, and of sucocssfully grappling with mendicity. Provident Di.spensaries have been in existence, in various parts of the country, for nearly half a century; and their results have been so far satisfactory, that those interested in the reforms indicated could point to existing