chap. IV.] PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. 75 



obtained, much less the principal, and the establishment 

 having no longer the privilege of a preference creditor, 

 its funds are not now sufficient to provide for half the 

 number which the building is calculated to hold. In the 

 parishes of Camera de Lobos, S a .° Martinho, and Santo An- 

 tonio, the hospital has lands which produce some of the best 

 wine in the island. It is also possessed of landed property 

 in many other parishes, and a great number of houses in the 

 city of Funchal pay foro, or ground rent, to this estab- 

 lishment *. 



From 800 to 1000 persons are annually received into the 

 hospital, and about an equal number obtain medicine and me- 

 dical treatment, as out-door patients. In the beginning of 

 the year 1847 there were 79 persons in the wards ; during 

 that year 995 patients entered, of whom 539 were men, and 

 456 women: of these 735 were cured, 273 died, and 66 

 remained. In the year 1848, 754 persons entered, of whom 

 373 were men, and 381 women: of these 571 were cured, 

 164 died, and 85 remained. In the year 1849, 683 entered ; 

 334 men, and 349 women: of whom 599 were cured, 111 

 died, and 58 remained. 



The orphan establishment, before mentioned, is annexed 

 to this hospital, and supported from its funds. 



The affairs of the hospital are managed by a Commissdo 

 Administrative/,, composed of a president, a treasurer, a se- 

 cretary, and two other members. The attendants in the hos- 



* The nominal funds of the hospital amount to £38,051 5s. %\d. ; viz. : 

 capital lent at interest, £16,815 9s. 8d. ; value of property paying ground 

 rents, £6274 2s. 8%d.; properties in the country, £6028 6s. M.; pro- 

 perties in Funchal, £8933 6s. 8d. The money received in 1847 was 

 £2302 3s. lid.; in 1848, it was £1881 14s. llirf.;andin 1849, the receipts 

 were £1548 2s. Id., leaving in the latter year arrears amounting to 

 £8027 19s. Zd. due to the fabric. 



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