REPLIES OF PHYSICIANS, &c. OF ST. THOMAS’S HOSPITAL.
1. Reply of R. H. Goolden, Esq., M.D.
“I have no doubt but that the plan suggested, if properly carried out, would be in the end a saving to the ratepayers, the restoration to health relieving the parish of constant burdens.”
2. Reply of John Simon, Esq.
“I do not feel myself competent to measure at all exactly what might be the pecuniary result of the proposed system. But in my opinion the substitution of skilled for unskilled attendance would be of great advantage to the sick, and would of course tend to diminish that part of the pauperism which results from sickness.”
3. Reply of Sydney Jones, Esq., M.B.
“In my opinion the improved system of nursing recommended would amply repay the expense incurred.”
4. Reply of J. S. Bristowe, Esq., M.D.
“I believe that the introduction of paid nurses into the Liverpool Workhouse Infirmary would be of inestimable benefit to the sick poor received into the institution, and would thus amply justify the expense which it is proposed to incur. I also think it very probable that the cost of nursing would be repaid in many other ways to the ratepayers.”
5. Reply of Edward Clapton, Esq., M.D.