Punch,  56 (1869), 186–87.

Punch's Essence of Parliament

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Proceedings, Drollery

Subjects:

Government, Politics, Hospitals, Medical Treatment


    Discusses George O Trevelyan's introduction of a bill 'for the reform of Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich', which proposes to disperse all naval pensioners except those who need 'the shelter of an infirmary' and to transfer the infirmary to the Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital. Notes the government's indecision over what to do with Inigo Jones's building. (186)



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