Annual statement : 1945 / Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.

  • Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital
Date:
1945
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual statement : 1945 / Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, EXETER. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE For the year 1945. To be presented to the Governors at the ANNUAL MEETING, on THURSDAY, 28th NOV., 1946. The Board of Management present to the Governors the 205th Annual Report on the work of the Hospital, and the Treasurer’s Statement of Accounts. The Report must of necessity be abbreviated. The 205th year of the Hospital’s existence saw the end of the greatest War in history, and though the shadow of the Health Bill lies over all Voluntary Hospitals there are an immense number of problems which must be dealt with by the Board of Management. During six years the whole endeavour of the Board and Staff has been to provide the best possible treatment and maintenance for patients who, whether in the services or Civil life, were liable to the risks of War. It is with deep gratitude we record that no direct damage was received by the Hospital Build¬ ings, but the effect of the bombing, added to six years in which it has been impossible to cope with any repairs or renovations, has left a large and expensive list of alterations and replacements which must be faced ; additional accommodation for the Nursing Staff and for the Pathological and Radiological Departments is being provided, and with new lifts and a complete rewiring of the older buildings, will probably cost over /20,000. Operations. Operations performed in 1945 totalled 4,116, a slight decrease of 34 on the figure for the previous year.