Annual report of the Westminster General Dispensary : 1943.

  • Westminster General Dispensary.
Date:
1943
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Credit: Annual report of the Westminster General Dispensary : 1943. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE. I he following points may be of interest to Subscribers :— L.—Instituted in 1774 for the Medical and Surgical iclief of the sick poor. 2. —Under Royal Patronage almost from its foundation. In 1839 the Secretary wrote to Queen Victoria for assistance in repairing the premises and Her Majesty responded with a generous donation of .£50. Her Majesty was also instrumental in obtaining the patronage of H.M. the King of the French (Louis Philippe) in 1844. 3. —The oldest Dispensary save one in the metropolis. 4. —Unendowed and entirely dependent upon voluntary contributions. 5. —Unrestricted as to the locality whence the patients are admitted. 6. —The parent institution of the St. George’s, and St. James's Dispensary, which was an offshoot of the Westminster General Dispensary in 1845, returning to the fold on January 1st, 1907. 7. —Representing the Out-patient department of the Hospitals, it also affords, especially to the aged and infirm, and to women and their little children, the inestimable advantage of the home visits of the Resident Medical Officer. 8. —Supported by the Corporation of London, several of the City Liveried Companies, the Hospital Sunday Fund, the Hospital Saturday Fund, and “Alexandra Day” Fund. Tt is said that the premises of the Dispensary were originally known as the “Turk’s Head,” much frequented bv Dr. Samuel Johnson during the last ten years of his life; and his chair is still used by the Chairman of this Institution.