Devonshire hospital and Buxton Bath charity : instituted for the relief of poor persons from all parts of Great Britain and Ireland suffering from rheumatism, gout, sciatica, and neuralgia ; pains, weakness or contractions of joints or limbs, arising from these diseases, or from sprains, fractures, or other local injuries ; chronic forms of paralysis ; dropped hands, and other poisonous effects of lead, mercury, or other minerals ; spinal affections ; dyspeptic complaints, uterine obstructions, etc. etc. ; supported by annual subscriptions and voluntary contributions : annual report for the year 1883 ; completion of the hospital extension ; action and purpose of the governors of the cotton districts convalescent fund ; management, history, annual statement, accounts, meteorological report and tables, rules and regulations, list of subscriptions and benefactions &c., Bath charity report for 1785, and copies of conveyances of hospital and baths from the Duke of Devonshire to the trustees.

  • Devonshire Royal Hospital (Buxton, Derbyshire, England)
Date:
1884
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Devonshire hospital and Buxton Bath charity : instituted for the relief of poor persons from all parts of Great Britain and Ireland suffering from rheumatism, gout, sciatica, and neuralgia ; pains, weakness or contractions of joints or limbs, arising from these diseases, or from sprains, fractures, or other local injuries ; chronic forms of paralysis ; dropped hands, and other poisonous effects of lead, mercury, or other minerals ; spinal affections ; dyspeptic complaints, uterine obstructions, etc. etc. ; supported by annual subscriptions and voluntary contributions : annual report for the year 1883 ; completion of the hospital extension ; action and purpose of the governors of the cotton districts convalescent fund ; management, history, annual statement, accounts, meteorological report and tables, rules and regulations, list of subscriptions and benefactions &c., Bath charity report for 1785, and copies of conveyances of hospital and baths from the Duke of Devonshire to the trustees. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    the (IfSHi-vwlly-praised pavilion principle of hospital construction, while it has farilitated the ventilation of the whoh' building- to an irai)ortant dfg-r<*H, and increased th'- frf*e and ready admission of light to every part of tin* interior. The trallery has with much inge- nuity been constructed exclusively {»f bricks and iron. Ity which it has been rendered entirely tire-proof, givinir all possible security in the event of tire. The great, cover^-d. dry. warmed area of half-an-acre, canopied l)y the largest dome that has ever been erected, sui)plies very obvious antl valuable cc>ntingent advantages for the recreation of the patients in all cold or doubtful weather; advantages which must rf'present a value to the af!iicted and often (•rij)ple(l inmates beyond any calculation. As the whole of the main building is now devoted to the j)atients <.f the Hospital, new buildings have b«'en erected on the north side for all purposes lhat might be desirably detached, such as kitchens and kitchen office.^, laundries, engine rooms, cellars, store- rooms, bedrooms for household servants, se])arate wards for accident cases, and rooms for the immediate isolation of any cases of infectious characted that might become manifested. The 1JI-,0<h» expended from the Cotton Districts Convalescent Fund gives a prior claim on the l.)(> additional beds to the nominees of the Fund; and these beds have been allotted to the ])rincipal Hospitals within the area of the manufa<*turing districts. It cannot but be a subject of much regret that the extension has cost a larger sum than the grant by i)r<)bably not less than Ct.<K>. It is of evident importance that this outlay should not b*^ left as a cliarge on the means and resources of the Hospital. It is hoped that b}- means of a bazaar, to be held in the Great Hall of the Hospital at some early date, a portion of this money may be olttained. The intluence of all the supporters of the Hospital is anxiously mid earnestly looked for. This prefatory account has seemed to be needful for the information of tliose not alivady ac<|uainled with the nature and merits of this Institution. AV. H. R.