3 Queen's Hospital.......... 3,293 5 0
1864 Amalgamated Charities..... 3,178 5 0
1865 General Hospital.......... 4,256 11 11
1866 Queen's Hospital.......... 4,133 2 10
1867 Amalgamated Charities..... 3,654 9 7
1868 General Hospital.......... 4,253 9 11
1869 Queen's Hospital.......... 4,469 1 8
1870 Amalgamated Charities..... 4,111 6 7
1871 General Hospital.......... 4,886 9 2
1872 Queen's Hospital.......... 5,192 2 3
1873 Amalgamated Charities..... 5,370 8 3
1874 General Hospital.......... 5,474 17 11
1875 Queen's Hospital.......... 5,800 8 8
1876 Amalgamated Charities..... 5,265 10 10
1877 General Hospital.......... 5,280 15 3
1878 Queen's Hospital.......... 6,482 12 10
1879 Amalgamated Charities..... 5,182 3 10
1880 General Hospital.......... 4,886 1 8
1881 Queen's Hospital.......... 4,585 1 3
1882 Amalgamated Charities..... 4,800 12 6
1883 General Hospital.......... 5,145 0 5
1884 Queen's Hospital..........

~Hospitals.~--_The General Hospital_ may be said to have been commenced
in the year 1766, when the first steps were taken towards the erection
of such an institution, but it was not formally opened for the reception
of patients until 1779. The original outlay on the building was L7,140,
but it has received many additions since then, having been enlarged in
1792, 1830, 1842, 1857 (in which year a new wing was erected, nominally
out of the proceeds of a fete at Aston, which brought in L2,527 6s.
2d.), 1865, and during the last few years especially. The last additions
to the edifice consist of a separate "home" for the staff of nurses,
utilising their former rooms for the admittance of more patients; also
two large wards, for cases of personal injury from fire, as well as a
mortuary, with dissecting and jury rooms, &c., the total cost of these
improvements being nearly L20,000. For a long period, this institution
has ranked as one of the first and noblest charities in the provinces,
its doors being opened for the reception of cases from all parts of the
surrounding counties, as well as our own more immediate district. The
long list of names of surgeons and physicians, who have bestowed the
benefits of their learning and skill upon the unfortunate sufferers,
brought within its walls, includes many of the highest eminence in the
profession, locally and otherwise, foremost among