General remarks on the health of English manufacturers : and on the need which exists for the establishment of convalescents' retreats as subservient to the medical charities of our large towns / by John Roberton.

Date:
1831
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Credit: General remarks on the health of English manufacturers : and on the need which exists for the establishment of convalescents' retreats as subservient to the medical charities of our large towns / by John Roberton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    ger’s Bathing Charity,” at Southport, supported by public subscription. Although limited in its means, this charity affords relief annually to a number of poor who resort thither, affected with forms of scrofula and other complaints, supposed to be peculiarly benefited by sea-bathing and sea-air. But out of the vast po- pulation of this town, probably not many more than one hundred persons annually obtain its aid, and of these, some are not of the poorest sort. Such an in- stitution, therefore, highly useful though it undoubt- edly is, differs from that which I propose to have established as subservient to our Medical Charities ; and a brief prospectus of which, I would now respect- fully submit to the public, and more especially to the candid consideration of my professional brethren. I shall at present merely venture the sketch of a plan, feeling, that should the 'princliile of my proposal be favourably received, there will be little difficulty in filling up the outline. I propose first, that an Institution be founded, (to be named a Retreat for Convalescents,) in some salu- brious, and otherwise eligible situation, at a distance from town, and if possible on the sea coast, for the reception of such patients of our Medical Charities, as the committees of these Charities may recommend as fit objects. Secondly, that the convalescents shall be accommo- dated in a suitable building, to be under the superin- tendence of a responsible married couple, who shall officiate as governor and matron respectively, of the establishment.