Annual report : 1927 / Kent and Canterbury Hospital.

  • Kent and Canterbury Hospital
Date:
1927
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Credit: Annual report : 1927 / Kent and Canterbury Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    it • site, or moving to a fresh site had been decided by the Board cf Management, and they therefore asked the Board of Manage¬ ment for a declaration of policy. A .special meeting of the Board of Management, which wa.s attended by 30 members, was therefore held to consider the matter, and it was agreed that, owing to the age and incon¬ venience oif the present building, the' building of a, new Hospital to meet present day requirements was essential. It was also agreed, with only one dissentient, that the South Canterbury site, which was purchased in P 25. be utilized. In view of this decision, the Development Advisory Com¬ mittee made the following recommendations; which were adopted by the Board of Management, and placed before the Governors at a Special General Meeting bold on Wednesday, 25th January, 1. (a) That a new Hospital of 120 beds be built on the South Canterbury site, with an. Administrative Block of such size and accommodation as would be suitable for a. 200 bed Hospital, should at any time a Hospital of this size be required. (b) That in addition T, the* aforementioned 1201 beds, 20 beds be provided for paying patients. (c) That a Nurses’ Home be built, of sufficient size to accommodate the entire! Nursing Staff. (d) That a Laundry he erected and equipped. (e<) Thai allowance be made in the plans for the erection of a Miners’ Emergency Ward, provided such Emergency Ward be paid for by the Mining Industry. (f) That an Out-Patient Department be built of such size that it may conveniently deal with tbei same number oif Out-Patients as are dealt with at present. N.B.—It is estimated that the cost of the new Hospital will be approximately £100,OCX). 2. That a campaign be organised by the Hospital Board Board of Management to raise funds towards the building of a new Hospital, and that an effort be made during the next, two years to raise a, capital sum based on a 5s. per head assessment' of the population served by the Hospital. It is estimated that on this basis, the -sum of about £50,000 would be raised. The Honorary Medical Staff unanimously agreed to support the action which the Board of Management recommended. The Special Meeting of Governors was largely attended and keen interest evoked in the proposals of the Board of Manage¬ ment. After a full discussion the first recommendation, was
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