A collection of papers intended to promote an institution for the cure and prevention of infectious fevers in Newcastle and other populous towns ; together with the communications of the most eminent physicians relative to the safety and importance of annexing fever-wards to the Newcastle and other infirmaries / by John Clark.
- Clark, John, 1744-1805.
- Date:
- 1802
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A collection of papers intended to promote an institution for the cure and prevention of infectious fevers in Newcastle and other populous towns ; together with the communications of the most eminent physicians relative to the safety and importance of annexing fever-wards to the Newcastle and other infirmaries / by John Clark. 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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![IV. OF THE MOST PROPER MEANS rOR ESTABLISHING A FUND FOR CARR-YING THE OBJECTS OF THE PROPOSED INSTITU- TION INTO EFFECT, Iwo methods naturally present themselves for effecting this important purpose, viz. the charitable contributions of individuals,—and assistance from parochial rites. The first having been hitherto generally adopted in medi- cal chaiities, gained the attention of the Governors of the Dispensary in 1793, when a proposal was made by Dr Ram- say for erecting a Fever Hospital, and by Dr Clark for the establishment of a Society of Health for preventing the generation and spreading of contagious fevers, [see Appen- dix, No. I. and II.]. The Governors of the Dispensary, judging it impossible at that time to raise a fund adequate to the purpose, after a few meetings, suspended their proceedings. The present Committee can devise no method so proper or effectual for establishing a fund, as parochial aid; and they are convinced, from the following considerations, that it would be the interest of the parishes to carry the designs of the proposed institution into effedt. 1st. The sick, who would become patients of the House of Recovery, as well as those whose extreme indigence would require aid of the BOARD of HEALTH, at their own places of abode, are at present supported by parochial rates; it will, therefore, impose no additional burden on the](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28405249_0062.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
