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This noble institution, through meane of which so many of our suffering and destitute poor have re ceived substantial and timely relief, and been pree served to their families—this refuge for suffering humanity has been recently considerably enlarged and rebuilt and we congratulate the Governors for their having at last obtained possession of building in every way worthy of the good cause which Mie Trasqual was designed to promote. The new wards are now in full and active operation, and present to ene of the Philanthropist and the Christian, one of the most interesting spectacles that he can witness. ‘The building itself is one of the most spacious of the kind in the metropolis, and is replete with every comfort and convenience for the inmates. The internal arrangements are superintended by the Lady Sisters and Nurses of St. John's Training Institution, by means of which the poor patients are skilfully and carefully nursed, receiving the game attention and tender gualtitude as members of the upper classes of society. The hospital re ceives about 1500 poor sick people annually, Lerides ministering advice and medicine to more than 80,000 out-patients, so that from the first establishment King’s College Hospital lisa relieved, either an in-Coor or out-door patients, considerably more than Half-a-Million of people, who, but for it a ‘aid, would probably have perished miserably The eimatization of this hospital differs materially from many of its Contemporary institutions in the Metropolis, St. Bartholomew's, Guy's, St Thomas's, and some other hospitals are richly widowed, and therefore, do not do much (if at all) bcyune the voluntary act or contributions of the public. King's College Hospital, on the contrary, is nonendowed, and entirely dependent on the donations and subscriptions of the benevolent public. It is essentially a popular institution, and one having the very strongest claims on the public sympathies and assistance. Its officers make the distinction of crime, faith, or colour; if there are vacant Leds, the only qualification for the ad mission of the applicant, is his need of medical relief. Such a vile and unrestricted area of benevolence at this Institution occupies deserves us wide and unrestricted andone, capecially as the Hospital is situated in one of the poorest and most densely popuated districts of London, and only a small portion of the sum required for carry ing out its objects and maintaining its usefulness can be raised in its own immediate neighbourhood, it becomes the especial duty of the Philanthrophist, the Chistian, the Citizen, the Merchant, and the Tradesman—indeed, of every member of the com munity, to support it by every means in his power—giving it the weight of his influence, his advoces, his wealth, and his personal example. Already, the patrons of this rnstitution and benevo lent portion of the public have achieved a great work of charity in raising the present edifice; but the mere erection of the building alone will not accomplish the object of the munificent donors, ‘the building must be 1 wantd; the beds must be kept full; nurses and attendants must be pro vided for medicines, drugs, linen, and other necessaries, and a liberal and appropriate dietary must be furnished, before the intention of the founders and supporters ‘are thoroughly effected ; but all this requires money,—and where can we get the money from, but from those we are in the enjoyment of health and strength; and who, row a sense of gratitude that they are not similarly stricken, should, in pure sympathy and Christian feeling, henten to help ther uofortunate fellow creatures? We, therefore, earnstly call upon every member of the mercantile community, from the warehougman to the principal, from the porter to the merchant himself, to lose no opportunity of asserting and supporting iis claims; and making the Institution worthy of our country and our people. Never let it be said that the People's Hospital, bought and built with the People’s Voluntary Contributions, shall be allowed to continue either wholly or partially unoccupied, for want of funds. Let us all unite together, or rather emulate each other in making King's College Hospital a worthy monument of England’s benevolence and care for her suffering and destitute poor. Bright— D. W. Solland, Chipping Wycombe, builder J. Amis, Alderagate Street, box caker—d. J. Rut ledge, Brighton, shoe maker—J. W. Hudson, St Pancras, surveyor—A. Benjamin, Mile-end, feather dealer—aA. Brooka and 8.Loy, West Bromwich, brick makers—S. Swift, Leominster, innkeeper— W. Price, Wolverhampton, egrocer—S. Williams, Weston Super Aare, painter. Basham, Cold Kirby trainer—M. A. and W. W. Goole, Man chester, INnkeeper, Score SErQursTRations Colin Maccull, Credf, Innkeeper—David Rose, Menmuir, Tenant of Rome.
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Commercial Daily List
London, Middlesex, GB
Sat, Dec 28, 1861
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