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THE CHAEMOUTH CONVALESCENT HOME. 121
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for the Infirm the Committee ary whole had amount been belong privileged of ing the annual to it to cam dispose income e forward ; of and half as to the of guarantee the Salisbury beds a ,
the special riht fun of d having of £ 200 the a year exclusive towards use the of annual nine beds expenses . Owing , with to
judicious ' g _management never exceeded , the annual £ 400 income and was required often less for each and s ;
year amounted even the expenses outlay to £ 600 of the . It first was year calculated , including , that the each furniture patient , onl cost y *' d t
about 7 d . a day , or at the rate of £ 10 9 s . a year , anhis included often requisite not onl for y sickl necessaries found y fanciful , admission but convalescents comforts received and . the even tenderest luxuries
care Each and patient attention who from the matron during her six or nine required weeks' stay b in her the state asylum of _^ health according and to so the cleverl length y had of time the
manager arranged y the order and the ; rules of the establishment , that the inmates have always looked upon to themselves real as
Pleasures fo absence rming from one and happy care amusement , and famil chang y , they and e of find as air belong there and to ing , scene as well ; a and far as health so Home well , .
amount do these of united success advantages than in other answer institutions , as cause of this a kind greater . In three quite year well s out 53 were of 262 much patients benefited , 164 returned 20 remained home or incurable to service 1
, , , still dismissed in the for Plome bad . _£ conduct _Tor have ( there the onl been y case fewer known cures ) , in and proportion 11 were admitted hav
since that time , although the number of patients e steadil The y Home increased had . hardlleted its fourth yearwhen
the the necessity death of for its such great . an Benefactor y Institutio comp and n had Founder been so occurred fully proved , ; but
universall that at a large resolved public to maintain meeting , and held enlarge at Salisbury the Char , it mouth was ,
Homeand y adding a ward for male patients , to erect it into a fitting Fun the amount d was , and opened of lasting £ 3995 for memorial the within purpose the to . sam , Lord and Dorset e year sub Herbert s . cri but It ptions . was those A hoped received Memorial , that to
thus to not other onl enlarge y counties the inhabitants it into woul a public d of unite Wilts Convalescent in and subscribing Hosp , to ital the for Home belong the whole , and ing
valescent of the south Home of Eng " lan but d , other under memorials the name of being the " planned Herbert at Con the
same timethe funds ; collected have as yet fallen very far short consequentl of what was , it necessary is thought to better complete to renew so extensive the lease of a desi the gn present , and
Homewhich y expires at the end of this year , instead of at once ,
VOL . XII . I
The Chaemouth Convalescent Home. 121
THE CHAEMOUTH CONVALESCENT HOME . 121
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1863, page 121, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101863/page/49/
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