Annual report of the Children's Hospital for the treatment of hip disease at Sevenoaks : 1937.

  • Children's Hospital for the Treatment of Hip Disease (Sevenoaks, England)
Date:
1937
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Credit: Annual report of the Children's Hospital for the treatment of hip disease at Sevenoaks : 1937. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Langston, the honorary Chaplain, has left Sevenoaks. The assistant clergy and lay-workers of St. Nicholas, whom the Committee thank very cordially, are carrying on the services until the arrival of the new Rector who, it is hoped, will continue the help which his predecessors gave. In January, 1938, Major Pym felt obliged to resign the position of Chairman, after 12 years, owing to increasing pressure of work on the County and Local Councils and Bench. The Committee accepted his resignation with real regret and elected him a Vice-President. They are very glad that he consented to remain on the Finance Committee and hopes to attend Committee Meetings whenever possible. Mr. Howson Devitt was asked, and consented, to carry on as Acting Chairman for the present. The Committee joined in congratulating Sir Edward Meyerstein on his Knighthood. The Committee are glad to report an increase in the number of Subscribers and in Covenanted Subscriptions. They would be grateful if still more supporters would covenant their subscriptions, so that the Hospital might have the benefit of the Income Tax, and fresh Subscribers are still needed. The College of Nursing has asked all Hospitals to increase their staff in order to shorten the nurses’ working hours. This will probably become com¬ pulsory as a result of an enquiry now being made, on behalf of the Ministry of Health, by the Inter-departmental Com¬ mittee of Enquiry into the Nursing Services. It will therefore be seen that a considerable additional income will be needed, as Salaries and other Expenditure are bound to be increased in future.