Annual report : 1943 / Central London Ophthalmic Hospital.

  • Central London Ophthalmic Hospital.
Date:
1943
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Credit: Annual report : 1943 / Central London Ophthalmic Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Financial Position Considering the increased expenses which the Hospital is now called upon to meet—Salaries and Wages is a most heavy item these days—the financial position at the end of the year was not un¬ satisfactory. This position was helped by the Centenary Fund appeal which will not recur in 1944, and in this coming year a preliminary survey has shown that the Council will have to strain all its resources to meet the outgoings consequent upon the increasing work. It must be borne in mind that the adoption of the 48-hour week means that the Hospital requires as many Nurses and Domestics now, with a reduced number of working beds, as in pre-war times, with salaries in some cases twice as high. This will involve an expansion of nursing staff of about 25 per cent, when the Hospital re-opens all its beds. Hospital supplies have risen enor¬ mously since the war, and many of the necessary items cost twice or three times as much as in (say) 1938. Subscriptions and Donations The Council wishes to take the opportunity of thanking those many friends of the Hospital who renewed their gifts during 1943. Many were kind enough to increase their subscription or donation in recognition of the Hospital’s 100th birthday, and they are particularly thanked. The shortage of paper compels the Council again to omit the list of subscribers and donors, but the following munificent gifts are worthy of mention : £ s. d. King Edward’s Hospital Fund for London .. 200 0 0 Alexandra Day Committee 125 0 0 Sir Albert Levy Benevolent Fund 100 0 0 Bernhard Baron Charitable Trust 75 0 0 Prudential Assurance Company 45 0 0 Metropolitan Hospital—Sunday Fund 40 0 0 Ladies’ Guild The Council wishes to pay a special tribute to the Ladies’ Guild, a report of whose activities appears elsewhere in this report. The successful results of the two Hospital Flag Days and Alexandra Rose Day were largely due to the officers of this very active association. The Honorary Staff The Council wishes also to pay a special tribute to the members of the Honorary Medical Staff, whose skill and co-operation play so essential a part in the work of the Hospital. The Staff This report would be incomplete without special reference to the devoted and loyal service rendered by the Nursing, Domestic and Lay Staffs during the past year. In difficult times each and every one has worked cheerfully and zealously in the service of the Hospital.