Annual report : 1927 / London Homoeopathic Convalescent Home.

  • London Homoeopathic Convalescent Home (Eastbourne, East Sussex, England)
Date:
1927
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Credit: Annual report : 1927 / London Homoeopathic Convalescent Home. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    t REPORT OF THE 39th Annual General Meeting OF THE GOVERNORS, SUBSCRIBERS AND DONORS, Held in the Board Room of the London Homoeopathic Hospital, on Monday, March 19, 1928. The Right Hon. The EARL OF DONOTJGHMORE K.P., P.C., presiding. The Thirty-Ninth Annual General Meeting of the London Homoeopathic Convalescent Home, 36 Enys-road, Eastbourne, was held in the Board Room of the London Homoeopathic Hospital on Monday, March 19, 1928. The Thirty-Ninth Annual Report and Accounts were taken as read. Dr. John Weir, C.V.O., who moved their adoption, said : My Lords, ladies and gentlemen,—Mr. Edward Clifton Brown is on the high seas enjoying himself, and I come here with no dress rehearsal at all. I hope you will remember I am here as a substitute. Major Aubrey - Fletcher talked about scratching backs, and I am going to scratch your back. For the first time, I think, in the history of the Convalescent Home I have a debit of £6 17s. 9d. For the first time. Naturally one is not very cheerful, consequently I will not tell you any stories to-day. The deficit is largely accounted for by two reasons—first of all, the Hospital Saturday Fund have only given us £25 against £100 in the previous year. That is not due to any lack of interest in our Home, but is due to a reduction in the amount they devote to Convalescent Homes. They are giving more to hospitals. This year we found we had to redecorate to the extent of £74; conditions make you put on paint once in a while. That is £100 down, but the patients this year were able to give us very much more in the way of contributions—to the extent of £127 this year over last year. So you see they are paying their way. That may account for the fact that this year the cost per week has been £2 Os. 3d. against £1 16s. 3d.; if they pay so much they are entitled to a little extra. I think you might make me happy—I am only asking for £6 17s. 9d. Two years ago I asked you for a wireless and got it without trouble. Last year I wanted a gramophone; I got it, and it has been a great source of pleasure and enjoyment. It was suggested that patients should show some mark of appreciation bv giving one record at least before they went. I suggested they should give it at the beginning, so as either to enjoy it or see other people miserable. (Laughter.) I am told it has been very effective. I will tell you one story of a church that wanted £100 to clear off the deficit for the year. They thought the best way was to get Dr. Joseph Parker, of the City Temple, to come along—in those days parsons got a handsome fee for preaching special services. Dr. Parker went down