Remarks read before a sub-committee appointed to consider the question of provident dispensaries / by William Ogle.
- Ogle, William, 1824-1905.
- Date:
- 1857
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Remarks read before a sub-committee appointed to consider the question of provident dispensaries / by William Ogle. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![According to a Plan first proposed by Mr. Smith, of Southam, the poorest is allowed to make a payment—it is immaterial to whom—but a payment is made, and the moral sense of justice is preserved. It may be well to give, at this place, a sketch of our proposed plan; this will illustrate the preceding remarks and serve to introduce those that follow. General Plan of a Provident Dispensary. 1 The object of this Institution is to enable the Poor to secure for themselves and their families efficient medical aid in time of sickness, by their own comparatively small periodical payments, with the assistance of contributions from the more wealthy. 2 The payments of the Poor are to be in proportion to their ability to make them. [Schedule A.] 3 The Poor are enrolled in time of health, and, under the title of Free Members, can claim, without unnecessary delay, efficient medical aid in time of sickness. 4 Every legally-qualified Medical Man shall be invited to accept Patients, and to co-operate with his brethren in protecting the Institution from the abuses to which medical charities are liable. 5 The labours of the Medical Attendant will not be accepted gratuitously, but on the understanding that he shall receive an equitable proportion (page 20) of the pay- ments of those Free Members who are under his care. 6 The Institution shall be under the direction of a General Committee of Management.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22344391_0006.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
