Annual report of Alexandra Hospital for Children with Hip Disease : 1944.

  • Alexandra Hospital for Children with Hip Disease (London, England)
Date:
1944
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Credit: Annual report of Alexandra Hospital for Children with Hip Disease : 1944. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ube Hnnual IReport OF THE ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN WITH HIP DISEASE 1944 The Committee of Management have the .pleasure of submitting to the Governors and Subscribers their seventy-eighth Annual Report. Before reporting upon the work of the Hospital during the past year, the Committee have to announce with very great regret the retirement of Sir Girling Ball from the Chairmanship. Sir Girling Ball first became a member of the Committee and Surgeon to the Hospital in 1911, and he was elected Chairman of the Committee in 1931. Readers of the Report will be glad to know that Sir Girling Ball will remain a member of the Committee, and will also continue to be Surgeon to the Hospital. The Committee are very deeply sensible of all that Sir Girling has done for the Hospital in the period of thirty-four years during which he has been connected with it, and they trust that they may long continue to be privileged to retain his services, both as a member of the Committee and as Surgeon to the Hospital. Mr. W. H. Whitbread was unanimously elected Chairman in •place of Sir Girling Ball, and the Committee are sure that all the friends of the Hospital will wish to join them in wishing Mr. Whitbread a long, happy and successful term of office. During the year the number of available beds was seventy-five, of which an average number of seventy-four was occupied. The number in Hospital at the end of the year was seventy-five, of whom forty-three children came from the County of Kent, twenty- seven from Bedfordshire, two from Surrey, two from Middlesex, and one from Suffolk. Fifty-five children were discharged during the year, but seven of these were, in fact, transfers to a general hospital for operation, and one was transferred to an isolation hospital. All of these were subsequently re-admitted for con¬ tinuation of their treatment. Forty-seven children were discharged to their homes. Further particulars of the results of treatment will be found in the Medical Superintendent's report on page 11. The Income and Expenditure Account will be found on pages 16 to 19 The Committee are very glad to be able to show a small excess of income over expenditure, and also to be able to announce the investment of £4,400 for the Building Fund, and £1,000, together with £809 7s. 6d., part of a legacy bequeathed by the late Miss Constance Harvie, and £25, the legacy of Miss Smithson, for the General Fund. In addition, a number of alterations have been made in the securities held, resulting in an increase of capital for