Annual report : 1927 / Hounslow Hospital.

  • Hounslow Hospital (Hounslow, London, England)
Date:
1927
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Credit: Annual report : 1927 / Hounslow Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    HOUNSLOW HOSPITAL. The 53rd Annual Report. Committee regret to report that the Hospital has sustained during the year the loss of two very true friends and workers by the death of the Rev. R. Dixon Box, Chairman of the House Sub-Committee, and Mrs. Oakley, a Lady Collector for many years. The reports and statements of accounts printed in this Report cell their own tale, and the Committee of Management hope they will be read with appreciation and sympathy. It is most gratifying to find that the subscriptions and donations to the Hospital during the year have been so well maintained. Owing to the very wet Summer many out-door functions arranged for the benefit of the Hospital were completely ruined. This is not only a great disappointment to the promoters of such events after their strenuous and self- sacrificing labours, but also to the Committee of Management to which it has been a matter of considerable concern. The financial loss to the Hospital must be in the neighbourhood of £600. In spite, however, of this unavoidable loss the total receipts (excluding legacies) show an increase on the previous year. The chief event during the past year has been the completion of a new Out-patients and X-Ray Department. These invaluable additions to the Hospital were opened by Lady Joynson-Hicks on Wednesday, November 10th. It should be pointed out that Dr. Hair and Mr. Alban Scott have been the prime movers in connection with this instal¬ lation of a complete and thoroughly up-to-date X-Ray Depart*