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120 THE CHAHMOUTH CONVALESCENT HOME.
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the and notice whole success and of support _, the and south of , the b of y exp benefit Eng laining land expected . The a few Oharmou to details be derived th of Hom its fo from e undation owes , it for its
foundation to a suggestion made in a letter to the late Lord Herbert 1857 that , by gentleman the chaplain pointed of the Salisbury out the want Infirmary of a . Convalescent In October ,
Hosp , ital , for those who though dismissed from the Infirmary entire as cured , were was yet often reduced hopeless to such unless a they state received of weakness wholesome , that
nourishment and anxiety recovery , of and mind were which protected a return from liome , the hard generall work y , entailed fatigue .
At this time the subject of Convalescent Homes had already attracted the attention and approval of the publichy the
support it had received from the medical profession , and , from the periodicals and newspapers of the day . Consequently the
inhabitants of Salisbury were not backward in showing their found pleasure that , when a house two had month alread s after been this fixed letter was at written Charmouth , they
by Lord Herbert , and that thanks y to his upon and Lady Herbert ' s , be exertions tried at , the the first beginning experiment of the of " new a Convalescent year . In order Home to would meet
the necessary expenses , subscriptions were raised by Lord Herbert and his private friends to the amount of from £ 800 to
£ 900 , which supported the Home for three years , and am / ply covered the annual expenditure . For as such institutions were
still looked upon with doubt by some , it was resolved to proceed carefulland before appealing for public supportto put the
Home on y , its trial for three yearsand to confine the , experiment to twelve or fourteen inmates at , one timeand only to women
and children . This resolution enabled the , manager , Lady hour Herbert ' s distance , - to choose from a moderate the beach -sized with house a large , at garden a quarter behind of an it
and to open it almost immediatel , y for the first twelve patients . , The Home was admirably arranged and furnishedan experienced
matron selected from the Lutheran establishment , of Kaiser werth and an under-servant hired to wait herand then in ,
January , 1858 , this excellent work began upon . The , poor of Wilts and Dorset have sufficiently shown their approval by the way
expressions the convalescent of thankfulness poor have . In pressed deedsince into the it , firs and t day by of their its
opening the house has never been emp , ty , or the rooms unfilled , the patients varying from , twelve to sixteen when fullest .
abl At e to the report end of such the three le years success of probation that she , was the petitioned manager was to
continue the superintendence amp of the , institution , on the same footing and in the same house . But it was then felt that it
was not right to permit Lord and Lady Herbert to be responsible
120 The Chahmouth Convalescent Home.
120 THE CHAHMOUTH CONVALESCENT HOME .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1863, page 120, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101863/page/48/
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