Annual report : 1939 / Salisbury General Infirmary.

  • Salisbury Infirmary (Salisbury, England)
Date:
1939
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report : 1939 / Salisbury General Infirmary. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to meet the ever-growing demands being made upon the Infirmary by the war. If subscribers would tell their friends about the Infirmary and its needs in these difficult times, the Committee feels there are many residents in this district who would be willing to subscribe. Donations. —£309 was received from this source as compared with £311 in the previous year. Several usual donations were not received this year, and the cessation of the Tidworth Tattoo, which is recorded with regret, also accounts for a loss of revenue. The amount received, however, from the Combined Hospitals Broadcast Appeal made on Christmas Eve by Miss Gracie Fields, £69 12s. 9d., prevented a sub¬ stantial decrease in the income from donations. For the duration of the war, a Combined Hospitals Broadcast Appeal will be made three times in each year, and it is hoped that the success of the first appeal will be maintained. Large contributions include the following :— £ s. d. Combined Hospitals Broadcast Appeal .. 69 12 9 Salisbury Amateur Dramatic Society . . .. 25 0 0 Wessex Aircraft Engineering Co. Ltd. . . 20 0 0 Rank, James V. .. 18 0 0 Southwell, G. R. .. 12 12 0 Jacob, J. H. .. 12 10 0 Andover and District Juvenile Society .. 10 0 0 Kewley, Colonel E. R. . . 10 0 0 Box Collections.—It is very gratifying to record a substantial increase in the amount received from this source, £322 as compared with £66 in the previous year. Our appreciation and thanks are due to all Box Collectors for their increasing interest in the welfare of the Infirmary. Alexandra Rose Day.—A record contribution of £414 was received from Alexandra Rose Day, an increase of £78 over the previous year. This was the final collection organised by Major-General Sir H. J. Everett, who has served as Honorary Secretary ’and Treasurer of Alexandra Rose Day for eighteen years, and the Committee expresses ' its grateful appreciation of this excellent result. By his enthusiastic efforts, the Infirmary has received from this source over £5,000. Our thanks are also due to Mr. A. E. Lawrence, the rose sellers and helpers upon whose valued assistance the collection so greatly depends. The Committee is pleased to report that Sir Murdoch C. McLeod, Bart., has kindly consented to succeed Major-General Sir H. J. Everett, and it is hoped that he will be well supported in his efforts to maintain the present record results. Congregational Collections.—The amount received from Congre¬ gational Collections, £600, is £126 less than in 1938, and is the smallest sum received from this source since 1880. This disappointing result