Report of the sub-committee on Poor Law Dispensaries, in relation to the general question of remedying the abuses of the Out-Patient Department of the public hospitals and dispensaries of the Metropolis / [Spencer Wells and others.

Date:
1870
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Credit: Report of the sub-committee on Poor Law Dispensaries, in relation to the general question of remedying the abuses of the Out-Patient Department of the public hospitals and dispensaries of the Metropolis / [Spencer Wells and others. 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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    system of obtaining drugs by means of numerous contracts, each involving the purchase of small quantities, makes exami- nation impossible; whilst the temptation is offered to guar- dians, who know little of the subject, of obtaining their drugs at the cheapest rate. The drugs are paid for from the com- mon Poor Fund, and the metropolis would be more cheaply, and, at the same time, more satisfactorily supplied by con- tracting for large quantities with wholesale dealers and manu- facturers. Economical administration should also be promoted by a certain restriction as to the kind of drugs supplied, and by the promulgation of a suitable pharmacopeia and of conve- nient formulae. These arrangements should, in the opinion of the Sub- committee, be placed under the special supervision of an inspector, who should be authorised to visit and report annually, through the Poor Law Board to Parliament, on the manner in which the work is done. In conclusion, the Sub-committee recommend that a memo- rial embodying their recommendations be addressed to the Poor Law Board, and that the President be requested to receive a deputation to support the prayer. They would also recommend that copies of this Report be forwarded to the various members of the Cabinet, to the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, M.P., to the metropolitan members, and to those members of the Legislature in both Houses who have taken interest in the question of Charity and Poor Law relief. Spencer Wells, F.R.C.S., Omirman. Thomas Hawksley, M.D. Thomas Holmes, F.R.C.S. Orme Dudeield, M.D. M. Thomas, M.D. J. H. Stallard, M.B., Hon. Sec. W. W. Head, rrinter, 11,12, & 13, Harp Alley, Farriiigaoii Street, E.C.