spital. In 1887 four hundred and thirteen patients were
received at the hospital, and in the dispensary for outside patients
sixteen thousand four hundred and eighteen visits were paid during the
year, nearly two thirds of which number were to patients in their own
houses. There is no place in which a hospital could be more sorely
needed than in this destitute part of London, and perhaps no place where
it could be more appreciated. "I had no idea," said a man of the better
class who was brought in, "of there being such a place as this; you give
as much attention to the poorest man you get out of the street as could
be given to a prince."[73]

Every Christmas some kind of an entertainment is arranged for the
hospital patients, and, through the gift of friends, articles of warm
clothing are distributed to protect against the winter's cold.

A variety of mission work is carried on in connection with Bethnal
Green. There is a Men's Institute, open every evening except Sunday and
Monday, in connection with which is a savings' bank that is well
patronized. There is a Lads' Institute, where the deaconesses have
classes and meet the boys in a friendly way; a men's lodging-house,
where a comfortable bed and shelter can be had for eight cents a night.
The latter is an enterprise which could be imitated with profit in all
our large American cities, where it is very difficult for the homeless
and poverty-stricken to obtain a decent lodging, or to find any place,
in fact, where liquor is not sold. There are also evangelistic services
in the mission here, Sunday-schools, Bible-classes, temperance meetings,
a soup kitchen, and a coffee bar, where, during Christmas week, between
four and five hundred men and boys were given light refreshments, and at
the same time some idea of the kindliness and good-will that are
associated with this happy season of the year.

There are also two convalescent homes, one at Barnet and one at
Brighton. The home at Brighton is especially designed for the poor
patients of the East End mission. The report for the year ending
December 31, 1887, says that five hundred and fifty men, women, and
children enjoyed its benefits for a fortnight or longer.[74]

Mildmay nurse deaconesses have also charge of the Doncaster General
Infirmary, the Nurses' Institute at Malta, and the Medical Mission
Hospital at Jaffa, where two hundred and nineteen patients were received
the last year, of whom one hundred and seventy-f