THE HOSPITAL AND SEPARATE INSTITUTIONS.

Thames Star, Volume XLV, Issue 10615, 15 January 1909, Page 2

THE HOSPITAL AND SEPARATE INSTITUTIONS.

Mr Jas. Itenshaw, who hl&'s taken 411 . iactiviei interest in. hosp.tal affairs for . a-muuiber of years, and is one of the oldest subscribers \k> the local institution, at. last night's meeting took the Dpportuinf.'tiy of eocprewimg n.n, otoinion on the ipropoaed Hoisnitrtl mud. Charitable Aid lAmentlm,? Bill, xvhieh, if passed, would have the effect of prac- - tioally d'oin? away with separate -.ti-

stituitioms. Citing our own hospital as an example he said ho thought it would be a great mistake if the co3templated. move Avas made. Wlhen an inistitution has given the satisfaction that the local one has done, it, seemed singular that any change of iadimin.stratiom should ibe required. Instead, of abolishing] the separate institutions he thJOfUight Tihiaines should be an example to the whole "country as in every department the mainiagement had been moat satisfactory and certainlyl economical. ite referred at. siome length to the benefits tk> be derived from the independent management of a hospital and the public spirit thalt tbei separate Institution fostered, and. which moreover was albiuindlanbliy mialaifested: ait. Thames. Tlh© subsorfibers paid their quota towards the up-keep of the institut'"..ou amd in jpelftSlii had the privilege of being represented on the. Board of Management by two trustees. If this ?/e----greßenftaition was: disallowed, as wojuld ibe the case were the proposed b'll passed, the public spirit would be quenched and the peopled interest in hospital' affairs would wame. The cratri'butors, Mr Rienshaw maintained, had been the first to suggest many progHesisiiVQ moves for the bemefiit of the institution, and he thought that before the meeting termiwaited its op'sion on this important question should T>e put into ■ ciete lorin. He accordimgly submitted a resolution, which appearg to another part of'thls issue, amd which was pasi?ed wi'thqut one dissenting voica. The Thames contrilbaiitore are of their insitituFon ajnd' rightly so and: any move to put tihe management into otheirhands would Ibe reigi'etted It- one and all.