Annual report : 1946 / Newbury District Hospital.

  • Newbury District Hospital (Newbury, England)
Date:
1946
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Credit: Annual report : 1946 / Newbury District Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    FINANCE. For the first time the accounts show a deficit with a loss of approximately four thousand pounds on the year. This deficit has been caused by a drop in income, and also the general increases in salaries and wages. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS and DONATIONS. The Board extend their grateful thanks to all subscribers and donors who have continued their generous financial support and our special thanks are due to all those kind friends who organised entertainments to augment the hospital funds. CONTRIBUTORY SCHEME. The revenue from the Contributory Scheme once again shows an increase and our grateful thanks are due to the organising Committee, the honorary secretaries and collectors whose hard work and keen interest have made this possible. LADIES’ LINEN GUILD. The Ladies Linen Guild have again provided the hospital with linen and bedding and thus saved us the expenditure of purchasing these items'. We wish to record our thanks to all members of the Guild for their unfailing interest and support. LIBRARY. The library continues to be as popular as ever and it has now been moved into a larger room. Our thanks are due to all those workers who regularly visit the hospital to distribute books and magazines to the patients. We also record our appreciation of the help given by the British Bed Gross Society. COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. As reported elsewhere the Board have suffered loss by the death of Mr. Harold J. E. Peake and Mr. E. 0. Willis. The resignations of the Rev. E*. H. Stenning and also the Beverend F. Bussell Davies are reported with regret. HONORARY MEDICAL STAFF. Mr. G. T. W. Cashell and Dr. 0. E. R. Wood have returned from service with the Forces and are once again actively engaged in the hospital work. Dr. K. Fawssett was re-elected and Dr. B. Phillips, Mr. G. A. Fairlie-Clarke, Dr. M. G. Simmons, Dr. A. G. Edwards and Dr. W. Anderson elected to the Honorary Medical Staff. The Board wish to record its appreciation of the loyal service given by all members of the Honorary Medical Staff. STAFF. The Board again records its appreciation of the conscientious service given by the Matron, the Nursing and Domestic staffs, their work is worthy of the highest praise and fully in keeping with the high standard of the hospital. GENERAL THANKS. • The many organisations and individuals who have helped during the year, both old friends and new, are too numerous to mention, but their continued practical interest and their support is most gratifying. A special expression of thanks must however be made to the British Bed Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem, the Clergy and Ministers of the town and district, the proprietors of newspapers circulating in the district, the ambulance personnel, the Hospital Car Service officers and drivers, Christ¬ mas gift donors and all those who sent gifts. We could not carry on without the interest and support of our unnamed friends who have made it possible for us to continue the hospital, service of which we are so proud. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE. The date of the changeover from the present system to the National Health Service has been deferred and will now take place on 1st July, 1948. When this service comes to be, it is for us all to work hard to ensure its success and look forward to increasing both our service and the scope of that service. The interest and support of all our friends and subscribers is asked, for the Service will derive much of its vitality and its humanity from the extent to which our friends continue to give both their interest and their support. A, G, LEGGAT, Chairman,