40 The Hospital Requirements of Sydney, 



the sufferings of the inmates,"* and in designing which the prin- 

 ciples of economy are strictly regarded. 



The cost of the Herbert Hospital was as follows : — 



Purchase of land ... ... ... £6,394 



Hospital buildings, including the washing 



estabishment 209,139 



Water reservoirs ... ... ... 5,351 



Total ... £220,884 



The number of beds 650, so that the cost per bed will be from 

 £339 to £340. 



The cost of the Chorlton Hospital is calculated to be £30,000 

 including the land. The number of beds being 480 — this gives 

 the cost of each bed at £60. 



It appears that the present tendency in England and France is 

 to run somewhat into useless and extravagant expense in these 

 matters. It should never be forgotten that the trustees of charit- 

 able funds are morally bound to do the largest amount of good 

 with the money placed at their disposal, or that it is false kind- 

 ness that affords extravagant delicacies to those wholly unac- 

 customed to them. 



No hospital, strictly speaking, requires architectural preten- 

 sions, luxurious fittings, or extravagant management ; but every 

 such institution does demand that the most careful regard should 

 be given to all sanitary arrangements, which can in any degree 

 contribute to the alleviation of the sufferings of the sick. 



Before leaving the subject of hospitals, I beg to suggest the 

 establishment of one for cases of consumption at Port Macquarie. 

 The experience at the Sydney Infirmary, and my own in private 

 practice, affords the saddest and most ample testimony of the 

 want of such an institution. Persons are constantly arriving 

 from Europe suffering from this dread disease, arnd [ have no 

 hesitation in expressing my opinion that the climate of Sydney is 

 unfavourable to its treatment, and that Port Macquarie is better 

 suited as a residence for phthisical patients. 



It should also be borne in mind that the wards of a general 

 hospital are most unfavourable for the treatment of phthisis. 



If a hospital for consumption was established, it might, I 

 imagine, if judiciously managed, be made partly self-supporting, 

 and would in any case be an immense benefit to the community. 



In respect to the third division : of the hand-working class 

 which requires relief, and which corresponds to the class provided 

 for in the workhouse hospitals in England. 



The experience of late years appears to prove that a large and 



* Mr. Thomas Worthington on the Pavilion Hospital at Chorlton Workhouse 



