The report of a committee on the New Poor Law Act : appointed by the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association, at its anniversary meeting, held at Oxford, and read at the anniversary meeting, held at Manchester, July 21st, 1836.
- Provincial Medical and Surgical Association. Poor-Law Committee
- Date:
- 1836
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The report of a committee on the New Poor Law Act : appointed by the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association, at its anniversary meeting, held at Oxford, and read at the anniversary meeting, held at Manchester, July 21st, 1836. 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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![most praise-woilliy, but winch could not be made to coalesce ill the same society, d'he one took for its basis the ])vinciple of a Benefit Club,—stipulated payments securing stipulated advantages. The other regarded merely the establishment of a Benevolent Fund, having for its object the relief of distressed medical men and their families, irrespective of all other claims but their misfortunes. After most mature consideration the Committee found it impossible to combine these two objects in one institution. To work them successfully, separate funds and separate ma- nagement are manifestly required; under such circumstances the Committee have been constrained to abandon the former and confine themselves to the latter part of the scheme, namely, the accumulation of a Benevolent Fund applicable to the ob- jects, and governed by the principles which are laid down in the proposed regulations. They feel the less reluctance in recommending this course, as there are many societies now in existence which offer to gentlemen, who are disposed to be- come members, all the advantages which can be anticipated from that part of the scheme which they think it expedient to decline. It is, moreovei', to be observed, that the course now recom- mended agrees with the plan originally proposed at the meet- ing at Bristol. It likewise is in accordance with some of the most valuable and beneficent Institutions in this kingdom: as examples the Committee would especially refer to the Clerical Charities established in different Dioceses, and to the Literary Fund. Should the ])lan prosper, provision will be made for relieving casual cases of distress among medical men and their families ; and likewise for gi’anting annuities and loans under peculiar circumstances. The annual subscriptions, it is ho[)cd, may meet the former, while it is proposed to fund the bequests and donations in order to provide for tbe other two objects. The machinery by wbich it is junposed to conduct (be affairs of this Society is extremely siinj)le, and little doubt can be entertained of its success if it finds favour with the](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22389738_0019.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
