Opening of the Rotherham Hospital and Dispensary : dedicatory services.

Date:
[1874]
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Credit: Opening of the Rotherham Hospital and Dispensary : dedicatory services. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Mr. I. WARBURTON replied on behalf of the working men. After expressing thanks for the manner in which the vote of thanks had been given, he proposed a similar vote to the members of the provisional building com- mittee, the honorary secretary of the building fund, and to all who had taken an interest in promoting the welfare of the institution. (Applause.) He remarked that the workingmen of the district had a deep interest in the Hospital and Dispensary, and he had not the least doubt that if it were conducted in a proper and efficient way, and there was every prospect that it would, they would continue to give their hearty and substantial support. (Cheers.) Some complaints had been made that the anticipated cost had been exceeded, but he would like to know what building had ever been com- pleted without some extras being found necessary ? (Hear, hear.) He considered that people who made such charges were somewhat uncharitable, and thought that great praise was due to those who had so willingly given their labour for the good of the institution with- out recompense. (Cheers.) The proposition was carried. The CHAIRMAN proposed a vote of thanks to the honorary secretary of the building fund, Mr. John Gibbs, the treasurer of the same, and to the architect, Mr. Bakewell, of Leeds. Dr. SHEARMAN seconded the motion which was supported by Aid. MORGAN, who in a congratulatory address, remarked that he had travelled through the length and breadth of the land, but had never visited a Hospital where the arrangements for the comfort and convenience of the patients were more complete than in that build- ing. (Hear, hear.) He said the inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood had already done well in con- tributing to the erection of the building, and he called upon them to support it liberally. (Cheers.) Mr. BAKEWELL and Mr. GIBBS briefly replied. The Rev. J. H. NORTON then moved, and Mr. Councillor HARRISON seconded, a vote of thanks to Dr. Sewell and the Church Choir for their past and present services in aid of the Hospital. Dr. SEWELL having responded,
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