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Consequent upon this important event the Managers, at
their meeting held on the 29th October, unanimously adopted
the following resolution:—
"That having regard to the interlocutory injunction recently granted by the
High Court of Justice, restraining the Managers from continuing to use
the Fulham Hospital, constructed at the expense of the ratepayers
generally, for the purpose for which it was established, namely, for
Metropolitan pauper patients, irrespective of area, and restricting the
use of such hospital to patients within a limited area; as well as to the
injunction granted by the Court of Queen's Bench against the use of
the Hampstead Hospital, and to the several threats of further legal
proceedings—the Managers are of opinion that the time has arrived
when the General Purposes Committee should seek an interview with
the President of the Local Government Board, and ascertain whether
the Local Government Board are prepared to take steps, and, if so, what
steps, to enable the Managers to carry out their duties according to the
spirit and intention of the Metropolitan Poor Act, under which the
Metropolitan Asylums Board was constituted."
The resolution having been forwarded to the Local Government
Board, the Managers were, in reply, informed that the Government
had appointed a Royal Commission to advise what further legislation
is required to enable the Managers to carry out their duties, and
therefore that it was unnecessary to trouble the Managers to wait
upon the President as proposed.
ROYAL COMMISSION ON INFECTIOUS DISEASE
HOSPITALS.
The Royal Commission appointed to consider the hospital
accommodation in the Metropolis for the treatment of infectious
diseases consists of nine members, viz.:—Baron Blatchford
(Chairman), and Sir James Paget, Sir Rutherford Alcock,
Mr. A. W. Peel, M.P., Mr. E. L. Pemberton, M.P., Dr. J. Burdon
Sanderson, Dr. Alfred Carpenter, Dr. W. H. Broadbent, and
Mr. Jonathan Hutchinson.
The subjects referred to the consideration of the Commission
are as follow:—
"1. The nature, extent, and sufficiency of the hospital accommodation for
small-pox and fever patients provided by the Managers of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board and the several Vestries and District Boards
in the Metropolis, including the Commissioners of Sewers for the
City of London.