Annual report and accounts of the Cottage Hospital for the distrcits of Teddington, Hampton Wick and their vicinity : 1926.

  • Teddington and Hampton Wick Cottage Hospital.
Date:
1926
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Credit: Annual report and accounts of the Cottage Hospital for the distrcits of Teddington, Hampton Wick and their vicinity : 1926. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ri Hospital Savings Association. Twenty-one patients presenting the Association’s vouchers were treated in the Hospital during the year as against 10 in 1925. The Committee feel that they ought to correct the idea, largely prevalent among subscribers to the Association, that the payment made by it to the Hospital in respect of a patient wholly covers the cost of maintenance of the patient. This is far from being the case now, though when the scheme was first inaugurated the rate of payment fixed meant a profit to the Hospital of some 5/0 per week in respect of each patient admitted. It was soon apparent that the finances of the Association were inadequate to maintain this rate of payment and the scale was successively whittled down until in the quarter ended July 31st last, the Hospital was only receiving about half the cost of maintenance per patient. For the current year the scale has been fixed at 3/0 per day, or distinctly less than half the cost of maintenance per patient, with a share of any surplus remain¬ ing at the end of the year. At the same time it must be borne in mind that a proportion of the Association’s members, if admitted to the Hospital as ordinary patients, would probably not be able to pay at the same rate as the Association pays for them, if at all, and so it is, perhaps, on the whole, worth while to continue to admit Association members. New Hospital. The legal questions which have to be dealt with in connection with the extension of the Trusts under which the land in Hampton Road was purchased, the extended scheme of a Health Centre having materialised since that purchase, are still under consideration. Meanwhile, the plans of the New Hospital have been approved by the Committee, and the Architect has been instructed to take the necessary steps to enable tenders to be invited as soon as they can be issued. Auditor. The Committee desire to express their sincere thanks to Mr. E. T. Wood, A.C.A., for his great kindness in once more auditing the Hospital Accounts. F. HUGH MUNBY, Chairman. W. A. ROBERTS, Hon. Sec. February J4th, 1927.
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