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 1868 ; management, history, annual statement, accounts, rules and regulations, list of subscriptions and benefactions &c., and a copy of conveyance of hospital from the Duke of Devonshire to the trustees.
- Devonshire Royal Hospital (Buxton, Derbyshire, England)
- Date:
- 1869
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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 1868 ; management, history, annual statement, accounts, rules and regulations, list of subscriptions and benefactions &c., and a copy of conveyance of hospital from the Duke of Devonshire to the trustees. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![H^fijcirt 0f the ^ommitte^ of Mmugidmmi For the Year 1868. The Committee are most thankful to be again enabled to report, that the Hospital has not only maintained its character for usefulness and efficiency during the past year, but has been useful in a greater degree,, and to a larger number of Patients, than was detailed in the report for 1867. The number of In-Patients admitted during the year 1868 was 1,204, or 74 more than in 1867, or 80 more than in 1866, or 112 more than in 1865, or 219 more than in 1864, or 330 more than in 1863. Of the 1204 In-Patients, 1058 have been beneficially treated, 89 were no better at the time of discharge, 8 died, 26 were discharged at their own request, 7 cases were found to] be unfitted for the Hospital, 7 were discharged for breach of rules, and 14 remained on the books at the end of the year. The number of Out-Patients admitted during the year was 233, or 12 fewer than in 1867, of whom 184 were beneficially treated, 23 were no better at the time of discharge, 4 were made In-Patients, 20 left without having been discharged, and 2 remained on the books at the end of the year. The average number of Patients daily in the Hospital throughout the year has been as 84-4, or nearly 84i, or nearly 13 more than in 1867; the average number of days in the Hospital of every In-Patient has been as 25-66, or more than two days longer than in the previous year. The average cost of every In-Patient has been £1 14s. 2d. per three weeks, or 2s. Ifd. less than in the previous year; and the average cost per head per diem has been Is. 7^d., or l^d. less than in the previous year. The disadvantage which has been so constantly brought under notice in these Keports,^that a comparatively small number of Patients are sent to the Hospital by the Subscribers during certain months of the year, has been so far lessened, that the number of beds occupied on the average of the whole year, has been as nearly 84^ ; but this still leaves 35 to 40 of the beds unoccupied, and cripples the usefulness of the Charity to the extent of little less than one-third of its real capability for the relief or cure of the sufferers from rheumatism, and its allied painful or disabling complaints. It is still too much the case, as was set forth in the last Report, that, during the winter months, the In-Patients only average the number of from 15 to 30 ; whereas, during the remainder of the year, from 100 to 200 Patients have to wait for vacancies, and sometimes have](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24768194_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
