Report : 1948 / Newton Abbot Hospital and Dispensary.

  • Newton Abbot Hospital and Dispensary.
Date:
1948
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Credit: Report : 1948 / Newton Abbot Hospital and Dispensary. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    had it not been for their substantial and regular support it would not have been possible to carry on the work of the hospital in years gone by without incurring- serious debt. Our thanks are also due to members of the Linen League, whose g'ift of £100 in cash and linen to the value of £5 10s. Od. this vear marks the close of an association which has j been of material benefit to the finances of the hospital. An¬ other effort to which we should refer with gratitude is the collection of Queen Victoria Bun Pence. No less than £628 has been handed over to the Hospital, since the inception of that scheme by the late Dr. Haydon in 1938. It is also our duty to place on record our recognition of the support of many testators, subscribers and donors who since its foundation on the present site nearly fifty years ago, and in the earlier days of the Cottage Hospital which pre¬ ceded it (1874 to 1898) have given practical expression to their appreciation of the work done by our hospital for the people of Newton Abbot and its neighbourhood. Finally, a tribute is due to all those who in time past have given their services voluntarily in a professional or secretarial capacity, or in many other ways, amongst whom we should mention the names of Dr. Edgar Haydon. honorary physician 1884 to 1942 ; Mr. D. R. Scratton, honorarv secretary 1874 to 1902 ; and Mr. H. H. Rickard, honorary secretarv 1911 to 1932. 7. As for the future, subscribers are probably aware that in accordance with the provisions of the National Health Service Act our hospital, with its endowments, with the ex¬ ception noted below, will pass to the Minister of Health on “the appointed day” which, so far as is at present known, will be 5th July, 1948. The endowments of the Tudor Con¬ valescence Fund will not, however, pass to< the State but will remain vested in the trustees, who will be free to administer the trust in accordance with the terms of the bequest. Under the Act non-teaching hospitals are to be administered, subject to the general control of regional boards, by management committees to be set up by the regional boards for hospitals or groups of hospitals. Thus this hospital will come under a group management committee to be set up by the Regional Board for the South West, whose headquarters are at Bristol. On this Management Committee it is likelv that we shall be represented. It is further understood that group management committees will be free to appoint house committees to deal with the routine management of hospitals within their groups. Through representation on the management committee and through a house committee, if one is appointed, we hope that
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