10 OCTOBER 1874, Page 3

This day week is to be "Hospital Saturday,"—that is, we

hope, in almost all the factories, workshops, and other industrial establishments in London, the working-men will be asked to con- tribute towards a common fund for the London Hospitals, and we trust the collection will be good. Whatever it be, the Hospitals seem to have a great deal which they might do in the way of the retrenchment of mistaken charity to render the means at their disposal more efficient. That, however, is no reason why they should not have more means.