On charitable and provident medical relief : a letter to Alderman Kenrick, Mayor of Birmingham / from Sampson Gamgee.

  • Gamgee, Sampson, 1828-1886.
Date:
1878
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Credit: On charitable and provident medical relief : a letter to Alderman Kenrick, Mayor of Birmingham / from Sampson Gamgee. 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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    ON CHABITABLE AND PBOYIDENT MEDICAL BELIEF IN BIRMINGHAM. TO ALDERMAN KENRICK, MAYOR. Dear Sir, The position of the Medical Profession of the TowtL and District, in relation to the Provident Dispensary- question, is so imperfectly understood, by many who take a deep interest in its solution, as to require explanation. After the Address on our Medical Charities, which I had the honour to deliver at the Annual Meeting of this Branch of the British Medical Association, in June, 1877, the following resolution was carried: “That in the opinion of this meeting, the introduction of the Provident Dispensary system offers the best means of checking the excessive increase in the amount of gratuitous medical advice dispensed by our local charities, and that the Council of the Branch be requested to take steps for promoting the formation of Provident Dispensaries in the town.” Notices of a meeting of our Council had been issued to consider the matter, when your predecessoi’, in compliance with a re- quisition, convened a meeting in the Committee Room of the Town Hall, on the subject of Provident Dispensaries.