Report for the directors of the Town's Hospital of Glasgow on the management of the city poor, the suppression of mendicity, and the principles of the plan for the new hospital / [by James Ewing].

  • Ewing, James, Lord Provost of Glasgow.
Date:
1818
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Credit: Report for the directors of the Town's Hospital of Glasgow on the management of the city poor, the suppression of mendicity, and the principles of the plan for the new hospital / [by James Ewing]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    This year 884 have resided in the House; 83 children have been paid for at nurse; and 914 families and indi- viduals have been regularly supplied; being in all 1881, whereof 99 have died in the House. Average expense of those maintained, seven pounds fifteen shillings each individual per annum, covering every charge upon the establishment. * « The debt of the House at this date is ,£3400. ** The difference between this sum and the average cost in Glasgow requires explanation. In Glasgow, the mode of striking the average is weekly, and at the end of every week, those who are admitted or excluded are added or deducted. In Edinburgh, the total number of persons admitted for whatever time, is sum- med up, and the expense divided to show the average cost per annum. The number of inmates thus appears greater, and the actual cost proportionally less. EDINBURGH CHARITY WORK-HOUSE. PROGRESSIVE VIEW OF Receipts from Assessment. Number of Paupers. 1812 £4598 3 4 1805 500 1813 1778 13 11 1806 712 1814 3078 15 2 1807 782 1815 3807 19 7 1808 1000 1816 4812 19 8 1809 1194 1817 4965 4 4 1810 1340 1811 1284 1812 1402 1813 1501 1814 1740 1815 1752 1816 1775 1817 1881 2 A