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OPENING OF THE CHARING-CROSS HOSPITAL CONVALESCENT HOME AT LIMPSFIELD.
208 College on the General Medical Council, reporting proceedings, and Mr. Bryant received the thanks of
theaarrangements are of approved workmanship and design. r theThe earth system has been adopted for the disposal of Iexcreta. The water-supply is derived from the springs on the Council for his services. A letter was read from the Registrar of the General property which is about nineteen acres in extent. On analysis 1 Medical Council forwarding a copy of a report by the 1the water proved to be of excellent quality. The design of Education Committee of that Council on the recommenda- Ithe building is due to Mr. J. J. Thomson, A.R.I.B.A., who tions of the Council in respect to practical midwifery. It was selected by the council after considerable discussion of was referred to the Committee of Management. the several designs that were submitted to them. The cost A letter was read from the University of Durham College of of the building, the foundation-stone of which was laid three Medicine calling attention to the following resolution adopted years ago, has been defrayed by Mr. Passmore Edwards, with at a meeting in Birmingham of the deans of the Provincial whose name the home will always be associated. The sum of Medical Schools-viz : —"That the Conjoint Board of London £ 1000 for the purchase of the site was given by Mr. George J. be asked to consult with the medical schools before carrying Drummond, one of the treasurers of the home. One of the out large and important changes in their curriculum." It chief difficulties in securing a suitable site for a convalescent home for a metropolitan hospital is that of easy access and was referred to the Committee of Management. A letter was read from the President and Honorary conveyance of patients. The authorities of Charing-cross Secretary of the British Dental Association asking the Hospital have met this difficulty in a manner that will merit Council to permit the association to hold a reception at the approval and give general satisfaction. Thus the conveyance of patients from the hospital to Charing-cross Station College on Aug. 12th. Permission was granted. Mr. J. H. Targett was re-appointed Pathological Curator for need cause no discomfort, since it is within two minutes’ the ensuing year. walk, while the distance by rail from town is under twentyAt the other end of the journey, however, the one miles. President then took and Sir of WILLIAM The election place, must drive about three miles to the home ; but MAOCoRMAO was elected ; and Mr. N. C. MACNAMAEA and patient the views on the way could not be more charming and Mr. J. LANGTON were appointed Vice-Presidents. the road is good for the whole distance. We trust that the council will not wait long for some substantial guarantee from the benevolent public towards the maintenance of the home, which will entail a cost of, approximately, .E2COO, which is not, of course, provided for by any endowment. OPENING OF THE CHARING-CROSS The opening ceremony took place on the llth inst., HOSPITAL CONVALESCENT when a large company attended to receive the Prince HOME AT LIMPSFIELD. of Wales accompanied by the Princess of Wales and Princess Victoria. The proceedings took place in most brilliant weather. Among the visitors were Lord and Lady THE council of Charing-cross Hospital are to be congratuLord and Lady Lisle, Sir E. and Lady Hamilton, lated on the site that they have secured for the con- Wantage, the Bishop of Southwark, Sir J. Fayrer, Sir Henry valescent home and upon the recent completion of a Irving, and Mr. Edward Terry. In reply to an illuminated picturesque building amid lovely surroundings within easy address of welcome presented to His Royal Highness by The charming stretch of country Mr. John B. Martin, the Prince said that in declaring the access of the hospital. he was desirous of expressing the convalescent home extending south, east, and west of Limpsfield in Surrey is great pleasure whichopen it had given the Princess of Wales, the well known, and its varied beauty ever affords a favourite Princess Victoria, and himself to take part in the prostudy for the artist. The home borders upon Limps- ceedings. He regretted that his brother, the Duke of field common on a site 532 feet above sea level. Its Coburg, who was for many years president of the hospital
the
is south-west and it is well sheltered from the north and east. The view from the terrace is really I comprehending the whole of the Weald to the south-east, south, and south-west. Thus the charmingly wooded heights stretching away to Leith Hill and the Hindhead to the west, the South Downs with Shoreham Gap to the south, and the hills around Eridge and in the neighbourhood of Tunbridge may all be most advantageously viewed from the terrace. The subsoil upon which the convalescent home stands consists of the lower greensand, while the building itself has been constructed with greystone which was quarried in the immediate neighbourhood. The soft tone of this substantial greystone contrasts well with the red tiles of the roof and is in excellent keeping with the philanthropic character of the building. The home contains accommodation for twenty male patients, twenty female patients, and ten children. The appointments are excellent and the sanitary
aspect
magnificent,I
always been interested deeply in its welfare, unavoidably absent. The governors of the hospital have every reason, he thought, to be grateful to those whose beneficence had provided the almost indispensable adjunct to a hospital of a convalescent home as a resort for patients sufficiently recovered to be no longer invalids and still too incapacitated to be able to do work with advantage. The fresh and invigorating air and the charming Surrey scenery would prove,
and who had was
trusted, an inestimable boon to the inmates of the new institution, and he could readily believe that a temporary sojourn there would materially improve their health, adding he
that he did not think the authorities could call to their aid a more valuable auxiliary as a means of increasing the utility of a hospital which, owing to its situation in one of the crowded localities in London, has no recreation grounds or gardens. After the inaugural proceedings had terminated the home was thrown open to the visitors for inspection.
theaarrangements are of approved workmanship and design. r theThe earth system has been adopted for the disposal of Iexcreta. The water-supply is derived from the springs on the Council for his services. A letter was read from the Registrar of the General property which is about nineteen acres in extent. On analysis 1 Medical Council forwarding a copy of a report by the 1the water proved to be of excellent quality. The design of Education Committee of that Council on the recommenda- Ithe building is due to Mr. J. J. Thomson, A.R.I.B.A., who tions of the Council in respect to practical midwifery. It was selected by the council after considerable discussion of was referred to the Committee of Management. the several designs that were submitted to them. The cost A letter was read from the University of Durham College of of the building, the foundation-stone of which was laid three Medicine calling attention to the following resolution adopted years ago, has been defrayed by Mr. Passmore Edwards, with at a meeting in Birmingham of the deans of the Provincial whose name the home will always be associated. The sum of Medical Schools-viz : —"That the Conjoint Board of London £ 1000 for the purchase of the site was given by Mr. George J. be asked to consult with the medical schools before carrying Drummond, one of the treasurers of the home. One of the out large and important changes in their curriculum." It chief difficulties in securing a suitable site for a convalescent home for a metropolitan hospital is that of easy access and was referred to the Committee of Management. A letter was read from the President and Honorary conveyance of patients. The authorities of Charing-cross Secretary of the British Dental Association asking the Hospital have met this difficulty in a manner that will merit Council to permit the association to hold a reception at the approval and give general satisfaction. Thus the conveyance of patients from the hospital to Charing-cross Station College on Aug. 12th. Permission was granted. Mr. J. H. Targett was re-appointed Pathological Curator for need cause no discomfort, since it is within two minutes’ the ensuing year. walk, while the distance by rail from town is under twentyAt the other end of the journey, however, the one miles. President then took and Sir of WILLIAM The election place, must drive about three miles to the home ; but MAOCoRMAO was elected ; and Mr. N. C. MACNAMAEA and patient the views on the way could not be more charming and Mr. J. LANGTON were appointed Vice-Presidents. the road is good for the whole distance. We trust that the council will not wait long for some substantial guarantee from the benevolent public towards the maintenance of the home, which will entail a cost of, approximately, .E2COO, which is not, of course, provided for by any endowment. OPENING OF THE CHARING-CROSS The opening ceremony took place on the llth inst., HOSPITAL CONVALESCENT when a large company attended to receive the Prince HOME AT LIMPSFIELD. of Wales accompanied by the Princess of Wales and Princess Victoria. The proceedings took place in most brilliant weather. Among the visitors were Lord and Lady THE council of Charing-cross Hospital are to be congratuLord and Lady Lisle, Sir E. and Lady Hamilton, lated on the site that they have secured for the con- Wantage, the Bishop of Southwark, Sir J. Fayrer, Sir Henry valescent home and upon the recent completion of a Irving, and Mr. Edward Terry. In reply to an illuminated picturesque building amid lovely surroundings within easy address of welcome presented to His Royal Highness by The charming stretch of country Mr. John B. Martin, the Prince said that in declaring the access of the hospital. he was desirous of expressing the convalescent home extending south, east, and west of Limpsfield in Surrey is great pleasure whichopen it had given the Princess of Wales, the well known, and its varied beauty ever affords a favourite Princess Victoria, and himself to take part in the prostudy for the artist. The home borders upon Limps- ceedings. He regretted that his brother, the Duke of field common on a site 532 feet above sea level. Its Coburg, who was for many years president of the hospital
the
is south-west and it is well sheltered from the north and east. The view from the terrace is really I comprehending the whole of the Weald to the south-east, south, and south-west. Thus the charmingly wooded heights stretching away to Leith Hill and the Hindhead to the west, the South Downs with Shoreham Gap to the south, and the hills around Eridge and in the neighbourhood of Tunbridge may all be most advantageously viewed from the terrace. The subsoil upon which the convalescent home stands consists of the lower greensand, while the building itself has been constructed with greystone which was quarried in the immediate neighbourhood. The soft tone of this substantial greystone contrasts well with the red tiles of the roof and is in excellent keeping with the philanthropic character of the building. The home contains accommodation for twenty male patients, twenty female patients, and ten children. The appointments are excellent and the sanitary
aspect
magnificent,I
always been interested deeply in its welfare, unavoidably absent. The governors of the hospital have every reason, he thought, to be grateful to those whose beneficence had provided the almost indispensable adjunct to a hospital of a convalescent home as a resort for patients sufficiently recovered to be no longer invalids and still too incapacitated to be able to do work with advantage. The fresh and invigorating air and the charming Surrey scenery would prove,
and who had was
trusted, an inestimable boon to the inmates of the new institution, and he could readily believe that a temporary sojourn there would materially improve their health, adding he
that he did not think the authorities could call to their aid a more valuable auxiliary as a means of increasing the utility of a hospital which, owing to its situation in one of the crowded localities in London, has no recreation grounds or gardens. After the inaugural proceedings had terminated the home was thrown open to the visitors for inspection.