Report : 1917 / Middlesex Hospital.

  • Middlesex Hospital
Date:
1917
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Credit: Report : 1917 / Middlesex Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    accounts of the Charity. He was also extremely interested in the scheme for the establishment of the Branch Hospital and Convalescent Home, and was intimately concerned with the negotiations for the purchase of a site at Clacton-on-Sea, and with the erection and equipment of the building, which has added so largely to the efficiency of the Hospital’s service. Miss G. M. Thorold, who held the post of Lady Superintendent of the Hospital from 1870 to 1905, passed away on the 15th of January after a short illness, at the age of 78. By her death another link with the past was broken, a past which holds records of progress made in building up, by proved efficiency, the reputation of a Hospital which now stands in the front rank. In that pioneer work Miss Thorold played a most important part, and she had the satisfaction of observing the fruitful results of the helpful influence she had exercised. Her pride in the Hospital’s name and usefulness was very real, and it may be said with truth that she held her life dedicated to its service. The news of her death caused genuine sorrow to all those who had the privilege of knowing her. We have also to express our sincere regret at the death of Col. William. Duncan, Consulting Obstetric Physician to the Hospital. Col. Duncan joined the Honorary Staff in 1884, and from that date until he retired in 1918 he served the Hospital and its Medical School most loyally and did his utmost to advance their interests. We have accepted with regret the resignation of Dr. F. J. Wethered, a Physician of the Hospital, and we wish to record our high appreciation of the services which he rendered to the Hospital and the Medical School since he joined the Honorary Staff in 1899. We earnestly trust that freedom from his arduous duties will be the means of restoring him to his accustomed good health, the unfortunate impairment of which prompted his retirement. ♦ We have had to accept the Plon. Sir Arthur Stanley’s resignation of the office of Honorary Treasurer of the Hospital. Sir Arthur Stanley has always taken the keenest possible interest in the work of Charity, and still retains that interest, although allegiance to St. Thomas’s Hospital, with which, as Treasurer, he is now associated, debars him from continuing actively to serve it. At the last Court of Governors Sir Arthur was appointed a Vice- President of the Hospital in recognition of the valuable assistance he has given us in the management of the Hospital’s affairs, and as a tribute to that true spirit of philanthropy which marks his constant efforts. Dr. D. It. C. Shepherd has resigned the office of Resident Medical Officer, a post which he filled for six years with conspicuous ability ; Dr. M. E. Robinson has been appointed to succeed him. The value of massage and remedial exercise in connection with the treatment of patients, especially wounded soldiers, is now generally recognised, and a Training School has been established at the Hospital for the instruction of pupils, who, under skilled supervision, under¬ take the treatment of In-patients and Out-patients. The School is conducted in direct association with the Electrical Department,
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