KING EDWARD'S HOSPITAL FUND FOR LONDON.

960 s; amount as in the previous year. During the nine years oth (0’ 0002) of a cubic same is the initial dose required. o its existence the League had furnished in all £97,000 to the of We have felt ourselves compelled to discuss these propor- Fund. B Every eligible hospital which had applied for a grant b tions somewhat fully because experience shows that erroneous had been inspected and reported upon. On July 26th, 1907, views are held regarding the preparation and dose of T.R., the t Bill for the incorporation of the Fund became law, and on and especially regarding the quantity of solid substance con- the t same day a meeting of the President and General Council tained in one cubic centimetre of this preparation. For was v held at which all the committees were reappointed, and t same powers as they previously exercised, in so far instance, on p. 1218 of THE LANCET of Nov. 2nd, 1907, in a the a these powers were not inconsistent with the Act, were paper entitled Studies in Connexion with Therapeutic as The Council states that the Act ddelegated to them. Immunisation," Sir A. E. Wright says :Owing to the fact that the quantum of dry tubercle powder in Koch’s has appeared to work satisfactorily in every way. In T.R. (tuberculin) was, owing to an unaccountable error on the makers’ February, 1907, a committee, consisting of Sir Eyre Massey part, declared by them as 10 milligrammes in one cubic centimetre, Shaw and Captain Wells, was appointed to inquire into the when it was in reality, as they now inform me, only 2 milligrammes in best means of assisting the various hospitals to secure a one cubic centimetre, the dose here inoculated would in reality be only milligramme. A similar correction would, be it noted, be greater * degree of protection against fire, and in July they applicable to the doses of tuberculin as stated in this paper and in all issued a report containing suggestions which had been i my previous publications. to the hospitals. A committee, consisting of the C circulated The practical application of tuberculin T.R. in clinical workPresidents of the Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, 1 has produced excellent results, as has been unanimously together with Sir William Church and Sir Cooper Perry, had t declared by a variety of authorities, For the treatment of been t appointed to revise the form of report supplied to the patients it was of very little consequence to know the real‘visitors to hospitals and that committee had improved this amount of dry substance which the preparation contains,form and brought it up to date. During the year the i ] National Orthopaedic Hospital took over the patients provided that the selection of the dose, and above all things Royal the increase of the dose, was rightly undertaken. Thereand some of the members of the staff and governing body of was certainly no mistake on the part of the manufacturers of the City Orthopaedic Hospital, and this amalgamation was the preparation. From the earliest beginning to the present’now v complete. The efforts to amalgamate the five throat, day the preparation has always been supplied in the same nose, and ear hospitals still continued, but the difficulties of ] with so many bodies is necessarily great and it degree of concentration and consequently possessed of the negotiating same degree of activity. We believe that in the present has ] not been found possible yet to arrive at any definite conarticle we have cleared up all the doubts and errors which ,clusion. In connexion with the proposed amalgamation exist, and we hope that the preparation of dilutions of tuber-between the North-West London Hospital and the Hampstead culin T.R. will not in future present any difficulty. General Hospital the Fund had made an offer with a view to the first-named institution being converted into an outpatient department in connexion with the Hampstead

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KING EDWARD’S HOSPITAL FUND FOR LONDON. THE annual meeting of the President and general council of King Edward’s Hospital Fund for London to receive the accounts and the report of the general council for the year 1907 was held at Marlborough House on March 20th, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the President of the Fund, being in the chair. The PRINCE of WALES moved the adoption of the balance sheet, which was presented by Lord Rothschild, the honorary treasurer of the Fund.

Lord STRATHCONA seconded and the motion

was

carried

unanimously.

Sir SA VILE CROSSLEY then read the draft report of the Council for the year 1907 which stated that the total receipts for the year amounted to £484,069 10s. 9d. This sum was made up as follows : donations, .B5656 2s. 5d. ;;; contributions to capital, .6517 14s. ;; special donation, .6100,000; annual subscriptions, E25,412 4s. 10d. ; contribution of the League of Mercy, .618,000 ; from the Lewis! estate, .6212,500 ; legacies, .B69,472 12s. 3d. ;interest from investments, .B51,260 17s. 3d.together with .B1000 fromL the trustees of the London Parochial Charities and .6250 from the trustees of the Bawden Fund. The amount distributed was £121,000, including the .B1000 entrustedl to the Fund for distribution among convalescent homes by the London Parochial Charities. In addition to this, amalgamation grants of .B2750 became due during: the year and were paid. Since the inauguration of the Fund the amount spent on administration had been .El5s. 8d. per cent. of the total amount received. During; the year the sum of .B212,500 was received from the executors; of the will of the late Mr. Samuel Lewis on account of the legacy of £250,000 left to the Fund. The legacies from thei late Mr. Alfred Beit of .B20,OOO, the late Mr. John Nicholas; of .BlO,OOO, and the late Lord Grimthorpe of .B5000 (less; duty) announced in 1906 were received, while a sum ofE .B15,OOO was received on account of the residue of the estate of the late Lieutenant-General G. E. Baynes, and a furtherr sum of f:lO 932 on account of the residue of the estate: of the late Mr. G. H. Heigham. The Fund had also) to acknowledge the munificent donation of .6100,000) from Mr. Andrew Carnegie. The amounts received ini donations and subscriptions, excluding Mr. Carnegie’s gift, showed, as compared with 1906, an increase ofE £1165 4s. 5d, The Drapers’ Company had generously increased their annual subscription from £1500 to £3000. The League of Mercy had contributed .618,000, being the: .

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General Hospital. The PRINCE of WALES, in moving the adoption of the report, said :-My Lords and Gentlemen,-The draft report which has just been read shows that the Fund has had a busy year....... Since our council meeting in December, acting on the advice of the Executive Committee, and in accordance with the powers given under the Act, I have decided to appoint a committee to inquire into the system prevailing in the London voluntary hospitals regarding ;the admission of out-patients. It is to be hoped that the labour involved in the holding of such an inquiry may perhaps, to some extent, be lightened by the results of the work of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws, the issue of whose report we look forward to with In so far as the Commission may deal great interest. with certain aspects of the question of medical relief we cannot fail to profit by a perusal of the evidence given before them, and of the conclusions at which they We shall, therefore, defer our inquiry until the arrive. Commission has reported. Another matter to be brought to your notice is a development of the scope of the operations of the Fund which I have approved upon the recommendation of the distribution committee. Hitherto the hospitals with which we have dealt have been those lying in the County of London, or within seven miles of Charing Cross. This limitation was wisely imposed when the Fund was instuted in 1897. But in the 11 years which have since elapsed London has grown rapidly and it is felt that the time has we should come when enlarge our area. The radius from Charing Cross has, therefore, been extended from seven to nine miles. We also propose this year to consider the claims of consumption sanatoria in the country which take a large proportion of their patients from London. It must be obvious that such institutions are better situated in the country than in London or even in the suburbs....... The total of last year’s distribution exceeded the income from investments by L70,000. With the extended area an increased income from subscriptions and donations will be necessary, and I trust that the public will recognise this and continue to give us their substantial support....... I now move the adoption of the report. The motion was seconded by the Lord Mayor (Sir Jomt BELL), supported by the Chairman of the London County Council (Mr. R. A. ROBINSON), and by Lord BESSBOROUGH, chairman of the Executive Committee, and carried

unanimously. The

of SOUTHWARK moved, and Lord RBVELSTOKE vote of thanks to the Prince of Wales for presiding. The vote being carried by acclamation, His Royal Highness said : My Lords and Gentlemen,-I

Bishop

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961 thank you for your kind vote of thanks which you have

so

Subscribers of One Guinea R. H. Luce, Derby.

cordially received. I am indeed gratified at the presentW. E. Awdry, Berkeley, Glos. most satisfactory state of the Fund. These excellent results R. ] V. Aitken, Blackburn. are due to the many good friends who support me and whoJ. J. Buist, Cardiff. J. E. Biggs, Cardiff. carry out the hard work-and it is very hard work-of ;W. Lyne Blight, Cardiff. It is sum of for this money. ] D. Bower, Gloucester. impossible E. large administering a J. Paul Bush, C.M.G., Bristol. me to express sufficiently my gratitude to them for all they William Berry, Wigan. do in helping the Fund. Sir James Barr, Liverpool. A. Boutflower, Manchester. The proceedings then closed.

L. S. Luckham, Salisbury. B. M. Lewis, Pontypridd. Cyril Lewis, Cardiff. T. Noy Leah, Plymouth. Thomas Leah, Plymouth. J. Lawrence, Darlington. C. L. Lander, Devonport. J. R. Logan, Liverpool. Andrew Little, Bradford. Charles Leedham-Green. Birmingham 11. W. Laing, Kirkcaldy, N.B. J. Murray, Llandrindod Wells. J. N. Macmullan, Penarth, Glam. R. D. Morgan, Ynysybwl, Glam. S. B. Mason, Pontypool, Mon. 0. E. B. Marsh, Newport, Mon. T. McCarthy, Sherborne, Dorset.

F. Buekham, CardifF. J. C. Baker, Aylesbury.

G. Biddle, Merthyr.

LYNN THOMAS AND SKYRME FUND.

L. Cole Baker, Southsea. H. Bramwell, Cheltenham. Isaac Banks, Aberdare. R. G. Brown, Preston. J. Braithwaite, Preston. R, C. Bailey, London. F. M. Blumer, Stafford. W. E. Bennett, Birmingham. F. L. H. Brown, Coventry. Sir G. T. Beatson, Glasgow. C. J. Bond, Leicester.

THE following list of subscriptions (up to March 20th) has been received from Mr. William Sheen, 2, St. Andrew’s Crescent,Cardiff, who is acting as secretary to the Fund :Subscribers of Ten Guineas. G. H. Makins, C.B., London. Sir Charles B. Ball, Dublin. George Lenthal Cheatle, C.B., C. W. Mansell Moullin, London. London. J. Rutherford Morison, NewW. T. Edwards, Cardiff. castle-on-Tyne. W. Lloyd Edwards, Barry, Glam. J. H. Nicoll, Glasgow. A. Pearce Gould, London. E. J. Parry, Pontycymmer, W. Arbuthnot Lane, London. Glam. Subscribers of Ten Pounds. Robert Jones, Liverpool. A. Garrod Thomas, Newport. Subscribers oj Six G1tineas. Honorary Staff of Stockport Infirmary, per E. Rayner, Stockport.

Joseph Bell, Edinburgh. W. Harrison Cripps, London. Sir Arthur Chance, Dublin. T. H. Clarke, Huddersfield.

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Subscribers of Five Guineas. E. L. Adams. East Croydon. Sir Lauder Brunton, London. Edred M. Corner, London. Henry Davy, Exeter. A. Francis Dixon, Dublin. W. Washington David, Llwynypia,

E. J.

B.

Maclean, Cardiff. G. A. Moynihan, Leeds.

Edmund Owen, London. William Osler, Oxford. J. Powell, Newcastle Emlyn. H. M. Rigby, London. William Sheen, Cardiff. Glam. Sir H. M. Ellis, K.C.B., Director- A. H. Tubby, London. W. E. Thomas, Ystrad, Glam. General. Royal Navy. T. D. Griffiths, Swansea. J. Tatham Thompson, Cardiff. T. W. Thomas, Caerphilly. R. W. Jones, Penrhiwceiber, D. J. Williams, Llanelly. Glam. D. J. Jones, Pontypool, Mon. H. F. Waterhouse. London. R. Conway Joyce, Porth, GIam. Sinclair White, Sheffield. C. B. Keetley, London. J. L. W. Ward, Merthyr. Pagan Lowe, Bath. Subscribers of Five Pounds.

Anthony

A.

Bowlby,

I

C.M.G.,I Sir John Williams, Bart., K.C.V.O., Llanstephan. Carm.

Subscribers of Three Gxcineas. l!ivan dones, Aberdare W, F. Brook, Swansea. Sir William Macewen, Glasgow. H. G. Barling, Birmingham. D. Naunton G. A. Brown, Tredegar, Mon. Morgan, Gilfach E. R. Bickersteth, Liverpool. Goch, Glam. Medical C. A. Ballance, London. Society, Watford (per Thomas Smith, hon. sec.) A. E. Barker, London. Andrew Clark, Uxbridge, Middle- D. R Paterson, Cardiff. D. T. Richards, Risca, Mon. sex. W. Mitchell Stevens, Cardiff. F. Richardson Cross, Bristol. Alexis Thomson, Edinburgh. E. Goodall, Cardiff. Honorary Staff, General Infirmary, C. T. Vachell, Cardiff. Macclesfield (per J. B. Hughes). W. J. Williams, Middlesbro-onTees. J. Hutchinson, London. J. Arnallt Jones, Aberavon, Glam. Subscribers of Two Guineas. G. A. Morton, Bristol. W. Alexander, Liverpool. A. T.Blease, Altrincham, Cheshire. J. W. Mulligan, Abersychan, Mon. J. H. Morgan, London. H. B. Butler, Guildford. William Martin, Cardiff. James Berry, London. H. Langley Browne, West Brom- R. H. Mills-Roberts, Llanberis, N. Wales. wich. P. Macgregor, Huddersfield. Sir Hector C. Cameron, Glasgow. J. Cotter, Cork. Sir R. Douglas Powell, Bart., S. C. Cresswell, Dowlais. K.C.V.O., London. H. H. Clutton, London. G. H. Percival, Northampton. J. Hopkin Davies, Port Talbot. T. W. Parry, Ferndale, Glam. Howard Davies, Pontypridd. R. J. Pye-Smith, Sheffield. E. T. E. Davies, New Tredegar, A. W. Mayo Robson, London. Mon. D. Valentine Rees, Brecon. E. Evans, Llanelly. J. Hugh Rees, Penarth, Glam. H. T. Evans, Blackwood, Mon. W. D. Steel, Abergavenny. D. T. Edwards, Taff’s Well, Cardiff. R. Shingleton Smith, Bristol. C. H. Golding-Bird, London. W. J. Greer, Newport, Mon. P. Rhys Griffiths, Cardiff. J. Gutch, Ipswich. W. S. Haughton, Dublin. G. S. Hatton, Newcastle, Staffs. W. Ll. Jones, Merthyr. Surgeon-General Sir Alfred Keogh,

K.C.B., Director-General, Army Medical Service.

P. W. Kent, Barry, Glam. H. A. Latimer, Swansea. A. J. Lawrence, Chepstow. John Langton, London. R. Clement Lucas, London. J. A. Macdonald, Taunton.

Sir Thornley Stoker, Dublin. H. P. Symonds, Oxford. R. Stirling, Perth. B. Thornton, Margate. D. J. Thomas, Bargoed, Mon. H. R. Townsend, Cork. W. Thelwall Thomas, Liverpool. May Thorne, London. T. J. Verrall. Brighton. H. R. Vachell, Cardiff. Thomas Wallace, Cardiff. R. White, C. Merthyr Vale, Glam. H. A. Whitelocke, Oxford. W. A. Wetwan, Bridlington.

Harold F. Mole, Bristol. W. Monsarrat, Liverpool. Wayne Morgan, Cardiff.

K. L. A. R. R.

L C. Ensor, Cardiff. ohn Evans, Cardiff. :. C. Elsworthy, Swansea. Þavid Ewart, Chichester. . Finney, Aberaman, Glam. . Fawsitt, Oldham. . C. Franklin, Leicester. . M. Fox, Walsall. ercy Furnivall, London. E. Garner, Preston. W. F. Gibb, Paisley. ,

R. Gooding, Bideford. . T. Gifford, Darwen, Lanes. V.E. Good, Dorchester. M. W. Gray, Aberdeen. . M. Griffiths, Cwmcarn, Mon. . Hamilton, Chester. D. Harris, Exeter. Hanson, Swansea. B. Haycraft, Cardiff. hilip E. Hill, Crickhowell.

Havard, Newport, Pem. Ifred Howell, Cardiff. . Lewis Hughes, Dowlais. ’. G. Harsant, Bristol. .

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Hutchinson, jun., London. Hall, Lancaster. Harris, Snuthport. Gillon Irving, Barry, Glam.

H. Irvin, Laucaster. ugh Jones, Dolgellv, N. Wales. Furneaux Jordan, Birmingham.

. H. Jalland, York. bert E. Jones, Crickhowell. D. Jenkins, Pentre, Glam. Howard Jones, Newport, Mon.

Jackson, Shrewsbury. Jackson, Porth, Glam. Prosser James, Penarth, Glam. 0. Jones, Bowden, Cheshire.

Knight,

Swansea.

Kilvert, Derby, Murray Kerr, Dumfries.

E.

. H. Kelson, London. C. Larkin, Liverpool. E. Lloyd, Abergavenny.

S. Lyttle, Pontypridd.

Mothersole, Bolton.

Birmingham.

E. W. Martland, Oldham. H. H. B. MacLeod, Shrewsbury. Henry E. May, St. Albans. E. T. Milner, Manchester. John W. Mackenzie, Inverness. J. A. C. Macewen, Glasgow. W. Nicholson, Cardiff. G. P. Newbolt, Liverpool. Guy B. Nicholson, Hull. Sir Isambard Owen, Newcastle-on-

Tyne. T. H. Openshaw, London. Frederick Page, Newcastle-on-

Tyne. C. Yelverton Pearson, Cork. Athol S. J. Pearse, Cardiff. R. G. Price, Carmarthen. G. A. Phillips, Walsall. A. P. Parker, Oxford. Wyndham Powell, London. Bernard Pitts, London. W. C. Pritchard, St. Leonards-on-

Sea.

Vernon

E. Pegge, Briton Ferry. H. J. Roberts, Pen-y-groes, Carnarvonshire. Howell Rees, Cardiff. A. Rees, Cardiff. Owen L. Rhys, Cardiff. L. Roberts, Pontypridd. Wm. Robinson, Sunderland. J. W. Ramsay, Bournemouth. W. Randall, Bridgend. W. L. Ross, Burslem, Staffs.

G. F. Rossiter, Weston-superMare. J. M. Rattray, Frome, Somerset. Canny Ryall, London. W. Silverwood Richardson, Boscombe. Sir Henry R. Swanzy, Dublin. James Swain, Bristol. T. Sinclair. Belfast. H. T. Samuel, Cardiff. G. R. Sparrow, Cardiff. H. W. Shettle, Southampton. C. C. Shepherd, Cardiff. S. H. Steel, Abergavenny. J. A. Southern, Derby. R. Steele, Hemel Hempstead. W. D. Spanton, Hanley. Percy Sargent, London. S. A. Shiach, Llanishen, Glam. C. J. Symonds, London. Henry Smith, Durham. H. R. Sedgwick, Kingston-on-

Finlay, Bridgend. . B. Footner, Tunbridge Wells.

Trent.

Milligan, Northampton.

Bennett May,

F. P. S. Cresswell, Cardiff. C. Carwardine, Bristol. 3-. H. Cowen, Southampton. W. Crooke, Egremont, Cheshire. D. D. Crawford, Liverpool. ?. B. Carter, Leicester. r. Ward Cousins, Southsea. C. P. Crouch, Weston-super-Mare W. Bruce Clarke, London. S. Rock Carling, London. A Connell, Sheffield. F. W. Collinson, Preston. Charles P. Childe, Southsea. T. W. S. Davies, Cardiff. . E. P. Davies, Llanelly. ). L. Davies, Neath. . F. Dwyer, Beaufort, Mon. ). L. Davies, Wisbech. ohn Dacre, Bristol. W. Dean, Lancaster. . D. Davies, Ryde, LW. )onald D. Day, Norwich. l. J. Domviile Exeter. V. S. Dickie, Middlesbrough. L C. Dobson, Bristol. D. Evans, Wrexham. ). E. Evans, Swansea. 1. S. Elworthy, Ebbw Vale, Mon.

Humphreys, Liverpool. It. Harper, Barnstaple. heelton Hind, Stoke-upon-

Miller, Grimsby. A. D.

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Thames. J. Sherren, London. Marv Scharlieb, London. W. B. Crawford Treasure, Cardiff. R. Russell Thomas, Cardiff. R. H. S. Torney, Cowbridge, Glam. J. Taylor, Chester. T. J. Bell Thomas, Maesteg. G. Grey Turner, Newcastle-on-

Tyne.

H. Temple, Western-superMare. Francis Vacher, Birkenhead. Cyril Wace, Winchester. C. H. Walker, Bristol. T. M. Wills, Liverpool. J. D. Wardale. Newcastle-on-

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Tyne. D. C. Williams, Treherbert. R. T. Worthington, Lowestoft. W. A. E. Waller, Rugby. C. J. Weichert, Peuygraig, Glam. Walters, Ogle, Walters and Pegg,

Reigate.

T. J.

Wood, Bradford.