Plan of the general dispensary, at no. 14, in Old Burlington-street ... established 17th February, 1817; for affording gratuitous advice and medicines to the sick poor, for the treatment of infantile complaints, and for attending lying-in women at their own habitations; within the parishes of St. George, Hanover Square, and St. James, Westminster.

  • St. George's and St. James's Dispensary (London, England)
Date:
1817
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Plan of the general dispensary, at no. 14, in Old Burlington-street ... established 17th February, 1817; for affording gratuitous advice and medicines to the sick poor, for the treatment of infantile complaints, and for attending lying-in women at their own habitations; within the parishes of St. George, Hanover Square, and St. James, Westminster. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ADDRESS. In laying before the Governors of the St. George’s and St. James’s Dispensary, the following code of Rules and Orders for its management and good government, the Committee, to whom the charge of framing it was confided, have considered that they would render their labours more complete, by pre¬ viously submitting to the notice of tfhe Governors and of the Public a few general facts and considera¬ tions, tending to point out the circumstances which have led to its establishment, to illustrate the pecu¬ liar advantages which an Institution of this nature possesses, and to suggest the means which may ren¬ der it extensively and permanently useful. 1. The accumulation of distress among the labour¬ ing classes, which has for some time past been so generally felt and acknowledged, and to which the a 2