The buildings, as well as others adjoining, are about to be taken down, and a new edifice erected near Sloane Street.

The London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, was commenced in 1740, when a house was opened in Prescot Street, Goodman's Fields, for the reception of sick and wounded seamen, watermen, coal-heavers, ship-wrights, labourers at the docks and quays, &c. In December, 1759, a charter of incorporation was obtained, and the present structure was erected on a grand and extensive scale.-The Samaritan Society, established in 1791, is an appendage to this charity, for the relief of various cases of distress not provided for by the regulations of the hospital.

The Westminster Hospital, James Street, near Buckingham Gate, is the oldest hospital, supported by subscription, in the metropolis, having been founded in 1719 "for the relief of the sick and needy from all parts."

The Middlesex Hospital, Charles Street, Berners Street, was instituted in 1745 for the reception of sick and lame patients. In 1747, the benefits of the charity were extended to parturient married women; and in 1792, a ward of this hospital was set apart for patients afflicted with cancer.

An Hospital of the Dutch and German Jews, Mile End Old Town, was established in 1795.

The Jews' Hospital, Mile End, was instituted in 1811, for Spanish and Portuguese Jews.

The French Hospital, Old Street, for Protestants, was established in 1716; arising out of a bequest of 1000/ from M. de Castigny, master of the Buck Ĥounds to William III,

THE LYING-IN HOSPITALS.

No description of distress is more amply provided for by the spirit of benevolence in London, than that

which arises from the helpless condition of poor lyingin women. There are not less than fourteen considerable establishments of this kind; in some of which they are amply provided with every comfort, whilst others provide midwives and medicines gratuitously to indigent females at their own houses. The oldest of these establishments have administered relief to more than 150,000 subjects, and, as appears from their reports, the eleven alluded to receive from 4000 to 5000 poor women annually. No comment is required to point out the great utility of such charities; nor can any persuasion be requisite to induce the opulent, particularly of the fair sex, to contribute liberally to their support. A considerable convenience is likewise experienced, in the neighbourhood of these institutions, by wealthy females, in the constant supply of healthy wet-nurses which they afford, on application being made to the physician or matron.

The names of these establishments are:

The British Lying-in Hospital, for married women, Brownlow Street, Drury Lane, instituted 1749:

The City of London Lying-in Hospital, City Road, instituted 1750:

The Queen's Lying-in Hospital, Manor House, Lisson Green, instituted in 1752:

The Lying-in Charity, for the delivery of poor married women at their own habitations, office, Little Knight-rider Street, Doctors' Commons, 1757:

The Westminster Lying-in Hospital, near the Bridge, was founded in 1765: - all these are supported by voluntary subscriptions.

The Middlesex Hospital, the medical men attached to which attend married women at their own houses.

The General Lying-in Dispensary, Charlotte Street, Rathbone Place, for married women at their own houses, instituted 1778.

The Benevolent Institution, Castle Court, Strand, for the same purpose, employ 40 midwives, and was established 1780.

Eastern Dispensary, Great Alie Street, Goodman's Fields, for the same purpose, 1782.

The Endeavour Lying-in Charity, for the delivery of poor women at their own habitations, 1794.

The Lying-in Charity, for the wives of the Foot Guards, Panton Street, Haymarket, 1801.

The Central Lying-in Charity and Dispensary, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1816.

The Royal West London Infirmary, and Lying-in Institution, Villiers Street, Strand, 1818.

The United Institution of London and Westminster, Warwick Street, Golden Square, established 1822.

Prospectuses, and lists of Governors, may be obtained from the Secretaries of each of these institutions

DISPENSARIES.

These are institutions established in various parts of the metropolis, for the purpose of affording medicine gratis, or at a cheap rate, together with medical advice, and, where it is necessary, attendance, at the habitations of the patients, on gratuitous terms. They are supported by annual voluntary subscriptions. According to a calculation made by Dr. Lettsom, several years since, the contributions to these establishments amounting to about 5000l. a year, yielded relief to 50,000 patients. The following list includes the principal metropolitan dispensaries: The General Dispensary, Aldersgate Street, founded in

1770.

The Westminster Dispensary, Gerrard Street, Soho, 1774.

The London Dispensary, Artillery Street, Bishopsgate Street, 1777.

The Finsbury Dispensary, St. John's Street, Clerkenwell, 1780.

The Eastern Dispensary, Alie Street, Whitechapel,

1782.

The Public Dispensary, Bishop's Court, Lincoln's Inn,

1783.

The Mary-le-Bonne General Dispensary, Welbeck Street 1785.

The New Finsbury Dispensary, West Smithfield, 1786.
The City Dispensary, Grocer's Hall Court, 1789.
The Western Dispensary, Charles Street, Westminster,

1789.

The Surrey Dispensary, Union Street, Southwark,

1777.

The Universal Medical Dispensary, Old Gravel Lane, St. George's in the East, 1792.

The Universal Medical Institution, Tower Hamlets,

1792.

The Bloomsbury Dispensary, Great Russel Street, 1801. The Charitable Fund and Dispensary, near Goldsmith's Hall, combining medical relief and pecuniary aid. The Northern Dispensary, New Road.

St. James's and St. George's Dispensary, Old Burlington Street, 1817.

The Royal Universal Infirmary for Children, under the Patronage of his Majesty, established in 1816, at St. Andrew's Hill, Doctors' Commons, and removed to a building erected in Waterloo Road, 1823.

MEDICAL CHARITIES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES.

The Royal Dispensary for Diseases of the Ear, Dean Street, Soho.

Institution for the Gratuitous Cure of Cataract, Windmill Street, Tottenham Court Road.

Royal Westminster Infirmary for Diseases of the Eye, Warwick Street, Golden Square.

London Ophthalmic Infirmary, Moorfields.

Kent and Surrey General Eye Infirmary, Dean Street, Southwark.

Royal Infirmary for Diseases of the Eye, Cork Street, Burlington Gardens.

Daranian Society, for the cure of Ruptures, Berners Street, Oxford Street.

City of London Truss Society, for the relief of the ruptured poor throughout the kingdom, Grocer's Hall, Poultry.

Asylum for the Recovery of Health, to receive the convalescent, and afford them those advantages which poverty might otherwise prevent them from obtaining. A house was occupied by this establishment at the corner of Gower Street, in the New Road; but the institution has

lately been removed to more extensive premises at Lisson Green.

Royal Sea Bathing Infirmary, for the poor of London, Tower Street, and Margate.

The Small Pox Hospital, established by subscription in 1746, at a house in Windmill Street, Tottenham Court Road, and removed, in 1767, to an edifice built for the express purpose, at Battle Bridge. Here Dr. Woodville, physician to the institution, introduced Vaccination in 1799; and this practice has superseded the original object of the hospital. In 1802, a part of the premises was appropriated to the purpose of a house of recovery for patients labouring under Typhus and Scarlet Fevers.

Asylum for the cure of Scrofula and Cancer, Terrace, Bayswater.

Institution for the Cure of Glandular and Cancerous Diseases, Nelson Square.

Infirmary for Asthma, Consumption, and other Diseases of the Lungs, Union Street, Bishopsgate Street.

The Lock Hospital, for the cure of Syphilitic complaints, Grosvenor Place, Hyde Park corner.

The London Electrical Dispensary, City Road.

National Vaccine Society.· The total extermination of the Small Pox, by the substitution of Vaccine Inoculation, is the end for which this society was constituted. For this purpose, numerous houses are opened in London and its neighbourhood, at which persons are, without any recommendation, inoculated (gratis) with the cow-pock. The principal house is in Percy Street, Rathbone Place; the directors are the president and governors of the College of Physcians, and the master and two governors of the College of Surgeons.

There are three other Institutions having the same meritorious object; the Royal Jennerian Society, Holborn Hill; the Vaccine Pock Institution, in Broad Street, Golden Square, established by Dr. George Pearson, soon after Dr. Jenner announced his great discovery; and the London Vaccine Institution, Bond Court, Wallbrook.