Records of the Miller Hospital and Royal Kent Dispensary : with nine illustrations and one map / by John Poland.

  • Poland, John, 1855-1937.
Date:
1893
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Records of the Miller Hospital and Royal Kent Dispensary : with nine illustrations and one map / by John Poland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    could procure; but the committee felt that Mrs. Slade’s courteous proposal could not be accepted at that time. Butt Lane is now called High Street, Dept- ford. It was altered to High Street by the general consent of the inhabitants in 1825. After examining the regulations of the Surrey and other Dispensaries in and about the Metropolis, such of their rules were adopted as were thought consistent with the situation and plan of the Dispensary, together with several new rules and regulations which it was believed would be “for the furtherance of this Charity and extending its benign influence, particularly in case of recent accidents, whereby this Institution would be rendered more liberal in its assistance to the unfor- tunate and acceptable to the beneficent intentions of its humane and charitable Founders.” (The Surrey Dispensary was founded six years pre- viously, 1777). The regulations included rules for a President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Governors, Subscribers, General Meetings, Monthly Committee, House Visitors, Physician, Medical Assistants, Accouchers, Apothecary, Secretary, Collector, Patients, &c. Home patients were understood to be those who were “absolutely unable to attend at the Dispensary and who were not on board any ships