Report of the Committee appointed May 17, 1866, to consider and report upon the proposed erection of fever wards.

  • John Radcliffe Hospital
Date:
[1866?]
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Credit: Report of the Committee appointed May 17, 1866, to consider and report upon the proposed erection of fever wards. 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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    added, are less burdensome to the funds of the House than are poorer Persons, inasmuch as they frequently bring their own nurse with them, and also supply themselves with those costly stimulants, and so-called “ Medical Comforts,” which are so necessary in Fever. Under their system of payments, the authorities find an epidemic of Fever to be actually beneficial to their funds. The last outbreak of the kind enabled them to purchase stock to the amount of £1,000 and add it to the permanent investments of the House, whilst the ordinary receipts from Unions amount to as much as from £•300 to £325 per quarter. PRINTED AT THE OFFICES OF THE ‘OXFORD CHRONICLE COMPANY {LIMITED.)’
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