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EMANUEL HOSPITAL.
Lady Dacre Pensioners.
This Trust, which is governed by the Lord Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of London (Governor of Emanuel
Hospital, Registered), provides pensions of £25 per annum,
if the income of the Charity is sufficient, to 40 poor people,
20 men and 20 women, of not less than 56 years of age, who
have been householders or residents for not less than two
years immediately preceding election, either in St. James's,
or any of the Parishes comprising the City and Liberties of
Westminster, the Parish of Chelsea, or the Parish of Hayes,
Middlesex, and are members of the Church of England.
The income of the Charity is derived from property at
Brandesburton, Yorks., and invested funds amounting to
£47,681 1s. 6d.
THE CRAVEN PEST HOUSE CHARITY.
Five Parishes participate in the benefits of this Charity,
viz., St. Martin-in-the-Fields; St. George, Hanover Square;
St. Clement Danes; St. Paul, Covent Garden; and St.
James.
The income of the Charity is applied, under an order of
the Court of Chancery, to the maintenance of 24 beds in
King's College Hospital and 16 in Charing Cross Hospital,
for the reception of poor patients from the five parishes
mentioned. The hospitals are also required to afford outtreatment
to all poor persons resident in any of the live
parishes, who may be sent by the Trustees. Parishioners
requiring hospital treatment may obtain letters at any time
during office hours, on application at the Vestry Hall.
Four Trustees are appointed on the nomination of the
Vestry, but Mr. Bonthron and Mr. Winnett having resigned