Annual report of the Staffordshire General Infirmary, Stafford : 1939.

  • Staffordshire General Infirmary (Stafford, England)
Date:
1939
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report of the Staffordshire General Infirmary, Stafford : 1939. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    16/80 (page 12)
    This is the last occasion on which income will be received fro „ the Hospital Saturday Fund, as it is now incorporated in the newly-l rmed Contributory Association, and has acted as an excellent nucleus for the same. Since its inception in 1873 £68,284 18;. lid. has been handed over to the funds of the Infirmary. Of this, £51,533 was received since its reorganisation in 1922. 9. —Contributory Association.—The amount received from the Con¬ tributory Association during the first year of its existence was £9,000, which your Committee feel is an excellent result, and they desire to pay tribute to all the workers in connection with this organisation. 10. —•Hospital Sunday.—- Contributions from this source have again shown a considerable reduction and £152 was received as against £233 15s. Od. last year, a decrease of £81 15s. 0c!. Following as it does on a decrease of £42 5s. Od. the previous year is unfortunate. Your Committee do appreciate the efforts of those Clergy and Ministers who have advocated the needs of the Infirmary in their respective places of Worship, and although the income from this source is considerably less than formerly, we rely on those concerned to do their best for us. 11. —Donations.—-These amount to £1,474 7s. lid. against £1,129 8s. Od. last year. They include £580 from the Pageant and Carnival Committee as a result of their 1938 effort (it should be here stated that £500 was received in January, 1940, in respect of their efforts for 1939), £115 was received as the result of the County Ball per Miss Parker-Jervis, £100 from the High Sheriff (R. Copeland, Esq.), £80 10s. Od. from the Mayoress of Stafford (Mrs. Joynes) as a result of a Flag Day organised on behalf of the Fracture Clinic. Your Committee are most grateful to all these donors and to all who have kindly arranged efforts of any kind during the year. 12. —The Country Districts Penny Fund is another of those regular sources of income which will disappear from future accounts of the Infirmary. In the present Accounts £124 0s. lOd. is shown, and the Committee accord a special word of thanks to all the ladies who have done so much for this Fund for so many years. 13. —The Ladies’ Linen League have again had a successful year and have collected £236 Is. 7d. Of this amount £191 10s. 9d. was spent in the purchase of Linen and £21 9s. 8d. in providing Italian Cloth in order to help with the Black-Out. The President, the Countess of Lichfield, has asked all the Branches to do their utmost to keep up the activities of the League in order to meet all demands that may be made upon it. Your Committee much appreciate the efforts of the League and hope that the President’s Appeal will be complied with. 14. —Contributions in respect of Patients amount to £4,575 17s. 4d., an increase of £1,396 0s. 3d. ; paying patients being responsible for £2,857 Is. 2d. This is an increase of £984 6s. lick on the previous year’s figures. 15. —-Dividends and Interest amount to £1,407 14s. 4d. which is the lowest since 1912 and is accounted for by the sale of so much Capital for the Extensions. 16. —Renewals Account.—During the year decorations were carried out in the Nurses’ Home at a cost of £297 10s. 0d. Kitchen extensions were completed and the balance of £307 0s. 5d. paid. A new oak floor in “ B ” Ward was provided at a cost of £107 3s. 9d. ; re-decorating “ B ” and “ D ” Wards, House Surgeon’s Room, Laboratory, etc., and cleaning in other Wards cost £270 3s. 5d., and Fire Alarms were renewed at a cost of £59 12s. 6d.