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Parliamentary Intelligence. HOUSE OF COMMONS. AUGUST 2ND. VACCINATION BILL.
Mr. VANDERBYLmoved that the Lords’ Amendments be taken into consideration "this day three months," but the House rejected the proposition without dividing.
in Port Louis and adjacent districts up to that period was 7000. - The Governor had already instituted a most searching inquiry into the cause of the epidemic. As to any relief to be given by Parliament, he could only repeat what he had said on a former occasion, that the circumstances of the distress were not sufficiently known to justify the Executive Government in asking Parliament to vote public money for the purpose suggested. Indeed, votes of public money to relieve distress in the colonies were very rare, and there was hardly any precedent for them except in the case of distress caused by hurricane in the West Indies. However, a large private for the relief of the distress in the Mauritius was being raised in the City, and it was of course in the power of any gentleman to contribute to that fund. AUGUST 9TH. In reply to Mr. Blake, Lord NAAS said preference is given for the office of medical superintendents of lunatic asylums in Ireland to persons practically acquainted with the moral and medical treatment of insanity; but there is a difficulty in providing clinical instruction in such.institutions.
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AUGUST 5TH. surrLY.
On the vote of £128,628 for Greenwich Hospital, Mr. NoRwoOD asked for information respecting the position of the committee of the Dreadnought Hospital and the Admiralty on the subject of a portion of Greenwich Hospital being allotted for the purpose of an hospital for sick and disabled seaThe honourable member gave a narrative of the promen. ceedings which had taken place in this matter between the committee and the Admiralty, and requested to know why some definite conclusion had not been arrived at after the expiration of so long a time. Mr. AYRTON reprobated the delay which had taken place, and suggested that as no agreement could be come to by the contending parties respecting Queen Anne’s and Queen Mary’s wings, he thought it desirable that the infirmary of the hospital, which possessed every convenience for such a purpose, should be appropriated to the Dreadnought Hospital. Mr. GUILDERS agreed with Mr. Ayrton respecting the use of the infirmary, and suggested that a medical college should be established in the hospital for the education of surgeons for the two services. Sir C. BRIGHT said the building was most fitted, with some alterations, for the purposes of an hospital. Lord H. LENNOX referred to the dispute which had taken place between the Board of Admiralty and the committee of the Dreadnought, and said that an impartial committee had been formed to inquire into the whole subject. They reported unanimously that neither Queen Mary’s nor Queen Anne’s quarter was suited for the purposes of the Dreadnought Hospital, and could not be made applicable without considerable expense, but if one of the two was to be adopted Queen Mary’s was better adapted than Queen Anne’s for the .Dreadnought Hospital. As an inquiry was pending into the question of Greenwich Hospital, he would say no more than that the suggestions of hon. members should receive due consideration in the committee. Until that committee had reported, the Admiralty would, of course, give no pledge that any one of the changes pressed upon them that evening should be adopted. Mr. CANDLISH complained that the charges for the medical staff of the hospital had increased from £2800 to £3500, without any increase in the number of patients. Mr. O’BEIRNE said that as the managers of the Dreadnought Hospital repudiated St. Mary’s wing and were willing to alter St. Anne’s wing at their own expense, he trusted the Admiralty would yield upon that point. Mr. CoRRY said the Government had not found any authority in favour of Queen Anne’s quarter except two surgeons of the Dreadnought all the independent authorities had reported in favour of Queen Mary’s, and under those circumstances the Admiralty could hardly have done otherwise than sanction the transfer to Queen Mary’s quarter. After some observations from several members respecting the general management of the hospital, the sum asked for was voted. AUGUST 6TH. ’
AUGUST 12TH. ALLEGED CRUELTY TO A PAUPER LUNATIC IN IRELAND.
In answer to a question by Mr. Blake, the ATTORNEYGENERAL for Ireland stated that he had made inquiries repecting alleged cruelty to a pauper in Mohill Workhouse. There was no evidence that any injury had been inflicted on the patient except by himself, and therefore there was no occasion to address the Commissioners or Board of Guardians on the subject. PRIVY COUNCIL MEDICAL OFFICER’S REPORT. In answer to a question from Mr. Powell, Lord R. MoNTAGU said he expected this Report would be in the Library on Saturday next. The delay in its publication had arisen from its great length and the number of maps required to illustrate it. AUGUST 13TH. DISTRICT ASYLUMS FOR LUNATICS.
Colonel HOGG asked the Secretary of the Poor-law Board whether the cost of the district asylums in the metropolis for lunatics will not greatly exceed the original estimated rate of f:50 for each inmate ; whether the Poor-law Board will sanction the erection of buildings for more than 2000 lunatics, the number stated to be sufficient for the requirements of the metropolis ; and whether, if it should appear that the total charge on the metropolitan ratepayers is likely to be more than double the sum of £400,000 as originally estimated, the Board would sanction the erection of buildings so greatly in excess of those which Parliament was led to believe would be necessary.
Mr. SCLATER-BoOTII said he had no information to enable him to give a distinct answer. The subject to which the question refers is in the hands of the metropolis asylums, and two-thirds of those managers are appointed by the guardians of the different unions of the metropolis, that may be considered to represent the interests of the ratepayers. They have appointed a sub-committee to consider what accommodation is necessary to provide for the imbecile poor in the workhouses of the metropolis, but the committee has not reported, and no communication has been received from the Poor-law Board from the managers. The Board would not, of course, sanction excessive expenditure, but would encourage economy in the expenditure of the common fund. AUGUST 14TII. The Contagious Diseases (Animals) Bill, after a discussion, was read a third time and passed.
MORTALITY IN SCOTLAND.
Mr. CANDLISII moved for an address for the returns of the rate of mortality in the several counties and shires in Scotland in the decennial periods of 1841-50 and 1851-60, also in the years 1855 and 1865.-Agreed to. AUGUST 7TH. THE FEVER IN MAURITIUS.
Mr. ADDERLEY, in reply to a question by Mr. J. A. Smith, stated that the last information received from the Mauritius respecting the fever there was dated the 20th of May, and was to the effect that the state of health had been improving since the 2nd of May. The total number of persons who died
Obituary. P. VICTOR
BAZIRE, M.D.
DIED on the llth instant P. Victor Bazire. Early during the morning of that day he was found insensible on the floor of his bedroom, and before noon life had ceased. At some undetermined moment, between half-after seven and nine of the clock, an aneurism of the basilar artery gave way, and flooded the sub-arachnoid space and meshes of the pia mater at the
Parliamentary Intelligence. HOUSE OF COMMONS. AUGUST 2ND. VACCINATION BILL.
Mr. VANDERBYLmoved that the Lords’ Amendments be taken into consideration "this day three months," but the House rejected the proposition without dividing.
in Port Louis and adjacent districts up to that period was 7000. - The Governor had already instituted a most searching inquiry into the cause of the epidemic. As to any relief to be given by Parliament, he could only repeat what he had said on a former occasion, that the circumstances of the distress were not sufficiently known to justify the Executive Government in asking Parliament to vote public money for the purpose suggested. Indeed, votes of public money to relieve distress in the colonies were very rare, and there was hardly any precedent for them except in the case of distress caused by hurricane in the West Indies. However, a large private for the relief of the distress in the Mauritius was being raised in the City, and it was of course in the power of any gentleman to contribute to that fund. AUGUST 9TH. In reply to Mr. Blake, Lord NAAS said preference is given for the office of medical superintendents of lunatic asylums in Ireland to persons practically acquainted with the moral and medical treatment of insanity; but there is a difficulty in providing clinical instruction in such.institutions.
subscription
AUGUST 5TH. surrLY.
On the vote of £128,628 for Greenwich Hospital, Mr. NoRwoOD asked for information respecting the position of the committee of the Dreadnought Hospital and the Admiralty on the subject of a portion of Greenwich Hospital being allotted for the purpose of an hospital for sick and disabled seaThe honourable member gave a narrative of the promen. ceedings which had taken place in this matter between the committee and the Admiralty, and requested to know why some definite conclusion had not been arrived at after the expiration of so long a time. Mr. AYRTON reprobated the delay which had taken place, and suggested that as no agreement could be come to by the contending parties respecting Queen Anne’s and Queen Mary’s wings, he thought it desirable that the infirmary of the hospital, which possessed every convenience for such a purpose, should be appropriated to the Dreadnought Hospital. Mr. GUILDERS agreed with Mr. Ayrton respecting the use of the infirmary, and suggested that a medical college should be established in the hospital for the education of surgeons for the two services. Sir C. BRIGHT said the building was most fitted, with some alterations, for the purposes of an hospital. Lord H. LENNOX referred to the dispute which had taken place between the Board of Admiralty and the committee of the Dreadnought, and said that an impartial committee had been formed to inquire into the whole subject. They reported unanimously that neither Queen Mary’s nor Queen Anne’s quarter was suited for the purposes of the Dreadnought Hospital, and could not be made applicable without considerable expense, but if one of the two was to be adopted Queen Mary’s was better adapted than Queen Anne’s for the .Dreadnought Hospital. As an inquiry was pending into the question of Greenwich Hospital, he would say no more than that the suggestions of hon. members should receive due consideration in the committee. Until that committee had reported, the Admiralty would, of course, give no pledge that any one of the changes pressed upon them that evening should be adopted. Mr. CANDLISH complained that the charges for the medical staff of the hospital had increased from £2800 to £3500, without any increase in the number of patients. Mr. O’BEIRNE said that as the managers of the Dreadnought Hospital repudiated St. Mary’s wing and were willing to alter St. Anne’s wing at their own expense, he trusted the Admiralty would yield upon that point. Mr. CoRRY said the Government had not found any authority in favour of Queen Anne’s quarter except two surgeons of the Dreadnought all the independent authorities had reported in favour of Queen Mary’s, and under those circumstances the Admiralty could hardly have done otherwise than sanction the transfer to Queen Mary’s quarter. After some observations from several members respecting the general management of the hospital, the sum asked for was voted. AUGUST 6TH. ’
AUGUST 12TH. ALLEGED CRUELTY TO A PAUPER LUNATIC IN IRELAND.
In answer to a question by Mr. Blake, the ATTORNEYGENERAL for Ireland stated that he had made inquiries repecting alleged cruelty to a pauper in Mohill Workhouse. There was no evidence that any injury had been inflicted on the patient except by himself, and therefore there was no occasion to address the Commissioners or Board of Guardians on the subject. PRIVY COUNCIL MEDICAL OFFICER’S REPORT. In answer to a question from Mr. Powell, Lord R. MoNTAGU said he expected this Report would be in the Library on Saturday next. The delay in its publication had arisen from its great length and the number of maps required to illustrate it. AUGUST 13TH. DISTRICT ASYLUMS FOR LUNATICS.
Colonel HOGG asked the Secretary of the Poor-law Board whether the cost of the district asylums in the metropolis for lunatics will not greatly exceed the original estimated rate of f:50 for each inmate ; whether the Poor-law Board will sanction the erection of buildings for more than 2000 lunatics, the number stated to be sufficient for the requirements of the metropolis ; and whether, if it should appear that the total charge on the metropolitan ratepayers is likely to be more than double the sum of £400,000 as originally estimated, the Board would sanction the erection of buildings so greatly in excess of those which Parliament was led to believe would be necessary.
Mr. SCLATER-BoOTII said he had no information to enable him to give a distinct answer. The subject to which the question refers is in the hands of the metropolis asylums, and two-thirds of those managers are appointed by the guardians of the different unions of the metropolis, that may be considered to represent the interests of the ratepayers. They have appointed a sub-committee to consider what accommodation is necessary to provide for the imbecile poor in the workhouses of the metropolis, but the committee has not reported, and no communication has been received from the Poor-law Board from the managers. The Board would not, of course, sanction excessive expenditure, but would encourage economy in the expenditure of the common fund. AUGUST 14TII. The Contagious Diseases (Animals) Bill, after a discussion, was read a third time and passed.
MORTALITY IN SCOTLAND.
Mr. CANDLISII moved for an address for the returns of the rate of mortality in the several counties and shires in Scotland in the decennial periods of 1841-50 and 1851-60, also in the years 1855 and 1865.-Agreed to. AUGUST 7TH. THE FEVER IN MAURITIUS.
Mr. ADDERLEY, in reply to a question by Mr. J. A. Smith, stated that the last information received from the Mauritius respecting the fever there was dated the 20th of May, and was to the effect that the state of health had been improving since the 2nd of May. The total number of persons who died
Obituary. P. VICTOR
BAZIRE, M.D.
DIED on the llth instant P. Victor Bazire. Early during the morning of that day he was found insensible on the floor of his bedroom, and before noon life had ceased. At some undetermined moment, between half-after seven and nine of the clock, an aneurism of the basilar artery gave way, and flooded the sub-arachnoid space and meshes of the pia mater at the