Annual report and statement of accounts : 1930 / Hornsey Central Hospital.

  • Hornsey Central Hospital (London, England)
Date:
1930
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Credit: Annual report and statement of accounts : 1930 / Hornsey Central Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In addition to the 84 in-patients’ fees remitted (representing 1,195 days), no fewer than 1,761 treatments were given entirely free in the out-patients’ clinics, made up as follows: — Massage, 1,222; ultra-violet ray, 252; X-ray, 74; Dressing, 213. The above figures emphasise the urgent necessity of increas¬ ing the Hospital’s income so that the demands made upon it may be adequately met. The outstanding event of the year was the opening of the Nurses’ Home. Work was commenced on the building at the end of 1929, and the foundation stone was laid by Mr. Jas. Anderson in March, 1930. The opening ceremony was performed by His Worship the Mayor of Hornsey (Councillor C. H. Summersby, J.P.) on November 22nd. He wa;s supported by the Hospital officials and members of the Council. The new Home gives accommodation to practically the whole of the Nursing Staff, having 22 bedrooms, a large Recreation Room, private sitting-room for the Sisters, and other smaller rooms adapted to various purposes. In addition to all these, a fine Board Room for the use of the various Committees' has been included. The cost of furnishing all the bedrooms, the Recreation Room, Sisters’ sitting-room and Board Room was borne by generous friends of the Hospital, and the Council wish to express their deep gratitude for all the donations, large and small, which have been given for the purpose during the year. The Council’s ambition to open the Home entirely free of debt was not realised, there being a sum of about £1,000 still to raise, but it is hoped this will be paid off during the current year. In June the Hospital was visited by F. J. Poynton, Esq., M.D., F.R.C.P., and C. R. Hoare, Esq., on behalf of King Edward’s Hospital Fund for London, and they approved of the arrangements and working. The Council record with very deep regret the loss which the Hospital sustained in the autumn by the death of Dr. Fuller. He had been associated with the Hospital from its foundation, and his tact and experience had been of inestimable value to his fellow-workers on the Council and various Committees.
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