An account of the proceedings of the governors of St. George's Hospital, near Hyde Park Corner, for the year 1855 : with a list of the governors and subscribers.

  • St. George's Hospital (London, England)
Date:
1856
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An account of the proceedings of the governors of St. George's Hospital, near Hyde Park Corner, for the year 1855 : with a list of the governors and subscribers. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    AN ACCOUNT, Sfc., Sfc. The Weekly Board of Governors of St. George’s Hospital having balanced the Receipts and Expenditure of the past year, deem it highly desirable that the result of their pro- ceedings should be submitted to the numerous Benefactors and Subscribers to an Institution which, from its com- mencement, has been supported solely by the voluntary contributions of an enlightened and benevolent Public. The principal object of this Charity is to relieve the poor and laborious classes of society, who are entirely dependent on their manual exertions for the precarious subsistence of themselves and their families. While blessed with health and strength, industrious habits may possibly exempt them from the extremes of absolute destitution ; but when dis- abled, by accident or disease, from following their humble occupations, they are necessarily at once reduced to the most abject poverty, and become objects of the greatest sympathy and commiseration. It appears, however, by no means desirable that the benefits accruing from this Institution should be restricted to individuals of the foregoing description—on the con- trary, it is obvious that there are numerous instances of persons in better, and in cases of accident, still superior circumstances, to whom this species of relief may prove