Devonshire hospital and Buxton Bath charity : instituted for the relief of poor persons from all parts of Great Britain and Ireland suffering from rheumatism, gout, sciatica, and neuralgia ; pains, weakness or contractions of joints or limbs, arising from these diseases, or from sprains, fractures, or other local injuries ; chronic forms of paralysis ; dropped hands, and other poisonous effects of lead, mercury, or other minerals ; spinal affections ; dyspeptic complaints, uterine obstructions, etc. etc. ; supported by annual subscriptions and voluntary contributions : annual report for the year 1872 ; management, history, annual statement, accounts, meteorological report and tables, rules and regulations, list of subscriptions and benefactions &c., Bath charity report for 1785, and a copy of conveyance of hospital from the Duke of Devonshire to the trustees.

  • Devonshire Royal Hospital (Buxton, Derbyshire, England)
Date:
1873
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Credit: Devonshire hospital and Buxton Bath charity : instituted for the relief of poor persons from all parts of Great Britain and Ireland suffering from rheumatism, gout, sciatica, and neuralgia ; pains, weakness or contractions of joints or limbs, arising from these diseases, or from sprains, fractures, or other local injuries ; chronic forms of paralysis ; dropped hands, and other poisonous effects of lead, mercury, or other minerals ; spinal affections ; dyspeptic complaints, uterine obstructions, etc. etc. ; supported by annual subscriptions and voluntary contributions : annual report for the year 1872 ; management, history, annual statement, accounts, meteorological report and tables, rules and regulations, list of subscriptions and benefactions &c., Bath charity report for 1785, and a copy of conveyance of hospital from the Duke of Devonshire to the trustees. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    Chapels on behalf of the Hospital, and also to the Clergymen and Ministers who have preached the sermons. The thanks of the Committee are hereby tendered to the Proprietors of the hotels and lodging-houses of Buxton, and also to the Presidents at the public dinner tables of the several hotels who have exerted themselves to obtain support for the Hospital. The powers of the institution depend much on these exertions. The interests of Buxton are so greatly promoted by the prosperity and usefulness of the Hospital, that the claims of the institution are urged on the inhabitants as being identical with the interests of the town. The thanks of the Committee are hereby tendered to the Proprietors of the newspapers in which the weekly reports and meteorological reports from the Hospital are inserted. In no way can the interests of the Charity be more effectually promoted. The thanks of the Committee are hereby tendered to the Ladies and Gentlemen who have acted as Visitors to the Hospital during the several months of the year. The value of such services may be obviously very important. It is hoped that it will be increasingly felt that these official visits should be frequent, and that the visits should not be of merely formal character, but that details should be enquired into, and any suggestions and remarks be entered in a book kept for that purpose. The thanks of the Committee are hereby tendered to the members of the Medical Staff for their arduous and gratuitous services to the Hospital. Any adequate pecuniary compensation for these services must be always beyond the means of the institution, and would probably not be received from the Charity if it could be offered. The duties of the Medical Staff become more onerous year by year, as the work of the Hospital increases, and as the character of the cases becomes more severe in consequence of the railway facilities ; cases of aggravated character being now sent to the Hospital, which could not have borne the fatigue of travelling otherwise than by railway. It is only right that the additional duty thus imposed upon the members of the Medical Staff should be gratefully acknowledged. The thanks of the committee are hereby tendered to the Honorary Chaplain, to the Treasurer, to the Auditors, and to the various officials whether honorary or otherwise, who in their several capacities have served the Hospital most satisfactorily during the year. The House Surgeon, the Secretary, the Dispenser, and the Master and Matron deserve and are hereby offered the thanks of the Committee of Management. It will be noticed that the Annual Meeting of Subscribers is to be held on the first Saturday in April, at half-past three o'clock in the afternoon. It is wished that the later period of the year may induce some of the Subscribers who reside at a distance from Buxton to attend the meeting. The Statement is submitted of receipts and expenditure for the year ending December 31st, 1872, and also of the Estate Account, and General Balance Sheet, together with the Annual Statement of the Wilmot Eelief Fund Account. • There is a nucleus for a Samaritan Fund, kindly contributed by Mr. Challis, Miss Hall, and Mr. Hebson, intended for the relief of urgent cases of dis- tress on being discharged from the Hospital; the interest or the principal of which might be available at the discretion of the officials, under the authority of the House Committee. At the Annual Meeting of the Trustees and the Committee of Manage- ment, held at the Hospital, January 4th, 1873, after the consideration and adoption of the Annual Keport, it was resolved, That the thanks of the Trustees and Committee be given to the Chairman, Dr. Eobertson, for the Eeport, and for his assiduous attention to the business of the Hospital.