dividends of funded stock, and £585. 7s. 6d. from miscellaneous sources,
which includes £183 8s. 6d. collected at the anniversary sermon in St.
Chad’s church. Of this stock £16,400 is secured in the three per cent
consols, £3,449. 10s. new 3¼ per cents; £100 on the Watling-street road,
and £150 on the Bridgnorth-road. Subscriptions have been made amounting
to £1,227. 6s. 8d., as a “Chaplain’s Endowment Fund.” “The house surgeon
is allowed to take three pupils at a premium of twenty guineas to
himself, and 200 guineas to the infirmary, which entitles the pupil to
board and residence for five years.” Attendance at this hospital is
recognized by the Royal College of Surgeons, and the apothecaries’
company, London.—_Physicians_: Henry Johnson, M.D., Thomas James Drury,
M.D., Henry Parker, M.D.—_Surgeons_: H. E. Burd, J. Dickin, and J. Y.
Arrowsmith.—_House Surgeon_: John Robert Humphreys. _Secretary_: Henry
Bevan.
THE DISPENSARY, like most other institutions of this kind, is supported
by annual subscriptions and benefactions. It was established in 1843,
and although the funds do not allow the full extent of usefulness which
the charity is capable of, yet it is pleasing to observe from the annual
reports that it is making steady progress in the estimation of the
public. It appears from the report ending September, 1849, that the
total number of patients have been 3,391. The receipts for the year
ending at the same period were £160. During the year 560 cases received
attention, of which 403 were cured, 123 relieved, 30 died, and 4 were
dismissed.—_Patron_: His Grace the Duke of Sutherland.—_Surgeon_: Mr. G.
P. Gill,—_Hon. Secretary_: Folliott Sandford, Esq.—_Dispenser_: Mr. G. S.
Whitney.
THE EYE AND EAR ESTABLISHMENT, Castle-street, was established in 1818,
under the management of a committee of gentlemen, for the special object
of affording relief to the humbler members of society, who may be
suffering from any calamity incident to those delicate organs of the
human frame, the eye and ear. The number of patients admitted from the
opening of this institution has been 6,224.—_President_: Viscount
Hill.—_Surgeon_: Edwin Foulkes. The institution is open every Wednesday
and Saturday mornings.
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