Statement of the Medical Officer of the Cranley Village Hospital : y A. Napper.

  • Napper, Albert, 1815-1894.
Date:
1862
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Credit: Statement of the Medical Officer of the Cranley Village Hospital : y A. Napper. 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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    at a vast inconvenience, for the very same skill they might get by this decentralising arrangement at their own doors. In the interest of the poor and the middle classes dwelling in the country, therefore, we beg to call the attention of our philanthropic readers to this admirable institution, in the hope that its example may he followed.”—London Review, Dec. 21, 1861. The following suggestions, resulting from a necessarily li- mited experience, are offered, with all deference, to those wishing to establish a similar institution. In a purely rural district, a well ventilated cottage con- taining a kitchen and room adjoining, with a wash-hoiise and pantry on the ground floor, and four airy bedrooms, will, with a little humble fitting uj), be all that is required, allowing one bed to about 1000 of the population, to be embraced in its sphere of action. For its commencement a sum of about £8 10s. per bed will be required. For its support, the payments of the patients, ranging from 3s. to 5s. per week, (which are always readily afforded by friends or employers,) and a few annual subscriptions will suffice. For its management a few trustees and a small com- mittee, acting on a perfectly independent basis. Patients to be recommended, but not nominated by sub- scribers ; the admission to rest with the Medical Officer in conjunction with the Manager. For the rest see the Eules of the Cranley Cottage Hospital, ALBEET NAPPEE, M.E.C.S., L.S.A. Ckakley, Guilpobd. October 1st, 1862.