Hospitals, dispensaries and nursing : papers and discussions in the International congress of charities, correction and philanthropy, section III, Chicago, June 12th to 17th, 1893 / ed. by John S. Billings, M.D., Henry M. Hurd, M.D.

  • International Congress of Charities, Correction, and Philanthropy (1893 : Chicago).
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1894
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    It does not seem probable that any millennium will thus be pro- duced, or that nature's methods of eliminating the idle, the vicious and the unfit by diminishing birth-rates and increased death-rates will be either rendered unnecessary or done away with by advances in medicine or in sanitation; but whether this be true or not, it is clearly the duty of those who have knowledge, means and oppor- tunities, to investigate these matters carefully, and to do all that they can to lessen the sufferings and sorrows of those who are unable to help themselves. THE MEDICAL CHARITIES OF THE ENGLISH METROPOLIS. By Lord Cathcart, a Member of the Lords' Committee.1 Lord Bacon reminds us in his Chapter of Innovations, It were well therefore that men in their innovations would follow the example of Time itself, which indeed inriovateth greatly but quietly, and by degrees scarce to be perceived ; and that wise and witty Lord con- cludes with a reference to the Scripture; this passage so quoted shall lThe Lords' Committee on Hospitals—The Order of Reference. Metropolitan Hospitals, &c—Moved [April 28, 1890] That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire with regard to all hospitals and provident and other public dispen- saries and charitable institutions within the Metropolitan area, for the care and treatment of the sick poor, which possess real property or invested per- sonal property, in the nature of endowment of a permanent or temporary nature ; and to receive, if the Committee think fit, evidence tendered by the authorities of voluntary institutions for like purposes or, with their consent, in relation to such institutions : And further, to inquire and report what amount of accommodation for the sick is provided by rate, and as to the management thereof; and that the witnesses before the said Select Committee be examined on oath ; agreed to (The Lord Sandhurst) : That the following Lords be named of the Committee : Lord Archbishop of Canterbury. Lord Saye and Sele. Earl Cadogan {Lord Privy Seal). Lord Clifford of Chudleigh. Earl Winchilsea and Nottingham. Lord Sandhurst. Earl Lauderdale. Lord Fermanagh {Earl Erne). Earl Spencer. Lord Lamington. Earl Cathcart. Lord Sudley {Earl Arran). Earl Kimberly. Lord Monkswell. Lord Zouche of Haryngworth. Lord Thring.