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" Hence I have deduced the following statement, which I believe to be a> correct 

 as it is possible to make it from the information in my hands. 



Annual income of 49 Hospitals 352,370 



„ 58 Dispensaries 28,192 



„ 1 1 Samaritan and other Funds (depend- 1 ] 656 



ent on Hospitals and Dispensaries) / ' 



Annual cost of Medical Relief under Poor-Law .... 28,776 



„ Vaccination „ .... 4,393 



Total amount of Medical Expenses 415,387 



„ Poor-Law Relief, not medical . . 736,809 



£1,152,196 

 " I am. Sir, your obedient Servant, 

 "Dr. Farr, F.R.S. "Edward Tudor Scargill. 



" P.S.— I have reduced the francs to £ sterling, and am able to give you, as the 

 nearest comparison that can be made, the following : — 

 Hospitals and Dispensaries, 

 London: ^256,558 | Paris: ^215,664 



Lunatic Asylums and Medical Poor-Law Expenses. 

 In London, contrasted with Hospices in Paris*. 

 ^158,829 I J?184,304 



" The sum expended in non-medical relief under the Poor-Law (£736,809) would 

 have also to be taken into consideration, as well as the very considerable sums 

 expended in the support of aged and infirm persons in alms-houses. Against this, 

 in the case of Paris, will have to be set £160,882, which with the two sums already 

 quoted, appears to be the sum devoted to the relief of poor, aged, infirm, sick, and 

 lunatic persons in Paris ; giving, as a grand total, supposing that I have rightly 

 understood Mr. Legovt's letter. 



For London:' ^1,152, 196 | For Paris : ^560,853 



" The returns of the 49 hospitals include a sum of £72,402, paid from parish rates 

 to lunatic hospitals. 



"In Paris, in 1853— 



Francs. 



Expenses of the Hdpitaux, including Maisona de Santi') g gg^ g^^ 



and Maisons de Convalescence . . J ' ' 



„ Hospices 3,948,323 



„ General Management 631,168 



„ General Establishments for the use of "I 23 161 



both Hospitals and Hospices . . . J ' 



9,999,266 

 "The receipts of the Central Board (V administration g6i^rale de l' assistance pub- 

 ique) are of various sorts, and are not all applicable to medical charities. 



Francs. 



In 1853 their amount was 9,583,148 



„ Annual Municipal Grant 4,438,181 



14,021,329 

 " Assuming that the population of Paris is one-half that of London, the sum 



expended, at the Paris rate, for a population equal to that of London, would be 



£1,121,706; the total expenditure for London being, as just stated, £1,152,196." 



— E. T. S. 



I have now only to announce to you the papers about to be read, and to request 



attention to the following rules, laid down for the sake of brevity and clearness in 



our proceedings : — 



" To avoid reading long consecutive lists of figures, and, as far as possible, to 



give only results. 



* Including central expenses. 



