1805.] 
tious difeafes, not only to thofe which may 
_ecidentally arife in the hofpital itfelf, but 
to thofe alfo which may occur elfewhere. 
Thefe have generally been feparate eftablith- 
-Ments in very Jarge towns, but the commit- 
‘tee would recommend a part of their plan. 
The expedient of- offering a premium for the 
beft plan, on thefe principles, was unfuccefs- 
ful ; many of the plans fent were extremely . 
defective, and the beft very much refembled, 
and had no advantage over fimilar inftitu- 
tions, . The Committee, ‘therefore, though 
with reluétance, themfelves undertook the 
-tafk of arranging adefign, according to which 
working plans have been drawn by Mr. 
Brown, of Derby, who hasalfo fuperintend- 
ed the conftruétion of a model. According 
to this plan, the building is to be of ftone, 
of a cubical fotm, with. an elevation, hand- 
fome, yet fimple, and unornamented, and to 
contain alight, central hall, with a double 
ftair-cafe. This form was preferred, from its 
having more contiguity, and being more con- 
venient and agreeable than the long and fome- 
times gloomy paflages which have been fo ge- 
-nerally adopted. The magnitude of this build- 
ing is propofed to be equal to the accon:modation 
of eighty patients, befides thofe with infe@ious 
_difeafes, This is, doubtlefs, .a greater num- 
ber than are at prefent likely to want relief 
at any one time; but, confidering the in- 
creafing population of the town and county, 
this extent has been confidered. as not too 
large. Owing to the great increafe in the 
Price of labour end of every kind of building 
Materials, the expence of executing and 
finifhing it, on the plan propoied, is eftimated 
at- 10,500]. omitting the expence of finifhing 
that portion of the building which, it is pro- 
bable, may not be at firft.occupied.  Befides 
the convalefcent-rooms before mentioned, 
this plan provides axperior accommodation for 
patients labouring under. acute difeafes.. This 
confifts in providing for each fex a fet of four 
{mall wards, containing one, two, three, and 
four beds refpetively, with a water-clofet, 
nurfe’s bed-room, and feullery., This arrange- 
ment will enable the medical attendants to 
Meparate the difeafes from each other, as may 
beit fuit their natures; and the whole of each 
fet of rooms being fhut off from. the body of 
the houfe, by one door, thefe together will 
be the means of. procuring filence and dark- 
nefs, which are effential. in, fome cafes, as 
»Well.as every other convenience, in a degree, 
perhaps, fuperior to moft private houfes, 
This plan; however, might not be eligible, 
dnlefs it were conne&ted with another. im- 
provement; that isa cheap and fimple, and, 
in every refpeét, unobjectionable method of 
swarming, and ventilating effectully, in - 
old weather. Jt is known to medical men, 
ethat in confequence of a certain fate of the 
air, which, more or I¢fs generally pervades 
hoipitals, and which itfelf has a tendency to 
reduce difeafe, if the ventilation could be 
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Derby fire. 
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copious; while, at the fame time, the 
warmth could be regulated at pleafure, many 
lives would be preferved, which, on the pre 
fent fyftem, are loft inevitably; and they 
alfo know too well that all the attempts hi- 
therto made have only been palliatives of the 
evil, Both thefe the committee have cone 
fidence will be effected perfectly in the ins 
tended infirmary, and provifion will be made 
in the conftruction for that purpofe. Ano. 
ther object to which they have directed their 
attention has been the conftruction of water. 
clofets, which, itis faid, have not yet been 
managed fo as to be unobjectionable in hof- 
pitals ; for if they are ventilated externally, 
the draft which fhould he from the houfe 
outwards isthe reveres, -efpecially if the 
houfe is warm; befides this, the cold air of _ 
winter is, in fome cafes, prejudicial to the 
fick; and if not ventilated at all they are 
till. more offenfive. A mode of conftrucs 
tion has, however, been invented for the 
occafion, in which experience hus proved ald 
thefe objections to be doneaway. Provifion 
has been made in the building for a fmall 
fieam-engine, to pump wa'er, wath, &c. and 
likewife for public warm and cold baths, if 
thefe fhould, at afuture time, be thoughe 
proper or neceflary. That no delay might 
arife in the execution of the building, the 
committee have advertifed for materials, and 
have contraéted, on reafonable terms, for an 
excellent hard, white, and fmooth ftune, 
which has been for fome time in preparation. 
Married} At Derby, Mr. K. Swift, to 
Mis Harris, only daughter of Mr. Harris, 
of Ath, huts 
At Kirk-Ireton, Mr, Jofeph Beefton, of 
Ireton Wood, farmer and graziér, to Mifs 
Ann Taylor, daughter of Mr. Taylor; 
At Wefton on Trent, Mr Thomas Briggs, 
of Derby, draper, to Mifs E. Henfhaw.— 
Mr. Thomas Moore, of Ripley, to Mifs 
Brigs, of Belper. - 
At Bakewell, Mr. Fentam, of Bower’s 
Hall, to Mifs H. Gibbons, of Rowfley. 
At Chaddefden, Mr. Salifbury, a member 
of the Derbyshire yeomanry cavalry, to Mifs 
Ann; White, 
At Caftle Donington, Mr. John Dowmany 
of Alvafton, to Mifs Charlefworth. 
Died.| At Derby, aged 22, Mis. Toms 
linfon, wife of Mr. Tomlinfon, of Aihborne. 
—Aged74, Matthew How, gent. one of the 
aldermen of Derby; ard the fame day his 
nephew, Mr. John How, furgeen, of Kage 
worth, Leicefterfhire. 
At the houfe of the Moravian Sifters, at 
Ockbrook, near Derby, aged 49, Sarah Wa- 
terworth, one of the fuperiors of that houfe. 
At Wheathill, near Derby, aged 81, Mr, 
At Ripley, Mrs Grace Strelley, relict of 
William Strelley, efq. Though the attained 
the advanced 2ge of gr, fhe could thread the 
‘Anes needle without fpeciacles, a 
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