Annual statement : 1946 / Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.

  • Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital
Date:
1946
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual statement : 1946 / Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, EXETER. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE For the year 1946. To be presented to the Governors at the ANNUAL MEETING, on THURSDAY, 31st JULY, 1947. The Committee of Management present to the Governors the 206th Annual Report of the work of the Hospital and the Treasurer’s Statement of Accounts. As it is still necessary to economise in the use of paper the Report is again presented in a somewhat abbreviated form. The year has been one of very considerable activity in under¬ taking urgent repairs and improvements which of necessity had not been carried out during the War years. Further accommodation for the Nursing Staff, an additional building for the Pathological Depart¬ ment, the work of which grows every year, new Lifts to the Halford and Victoria Wings, new Equipment in the Laundry, and the complete rewiring of a great part of the Hospital were among the more important works which have had to be undertaken, while repairs and some redecoration have been continually in progress. The installation in the Basement of a Cold Storage Room for Meat will be a great boon to the Catering Department. During the year the Board relinquished control of the Beds which had been placed at its disposal at the West of England Eye Infirmary under the Emergency Hospital Scheme, and desires to record its appreciation of the help and co-operation recei\ed from the E\e Infirmary Committee during the dual occupation of their building. Operations. Operations performed in 1946 totalled 4,151 an increase of a5 on the figure for the previous year. Patients’ Contributions. The contributions from Patients and their Societies form a major portion of our Income, and the work of the Almoner is more and more useful, both to the Patients and the Hospital. The Exeter & Western Counties Hospital Aid Society made a special grant of £5,442, thus making their total contribution for its members equal to £3 10s. Od. per head per week. President, Vice-President and Treasurer. Alderman Vincent Thompson, President, Mr. A. L. Candler, Vice-President, and Mr. F. ]. W. A. Wint, Treasurer, have kindly consented to continue in office for another year.
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