Annual report : 1929 / Congleton War Memorial Hospital.

  • Congleton War Memorial Hospital (Congleton, England)
Date:
1929
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Credit: Annual report : 1929 / Congleton War Memorial Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    collections show a notable increase due to the Services of thanks¬ giving for the King’s recovery, while the Industrial Fund, which we have come to regard as one of our main pillars of support, has given us an extra ,£50. On the expenditure side such increases as there have been are no more than could be expected having regard to the increased number of patients. Our endowments have again been increased by the legacies of £100 each left by the late Mr. Joseph Worrall and Mr. William Billing- ton, which have been invested. It will be seen from the Accounts, which accompany this Repot t, that those relating to the Extension have not been finally closed . it is, however, possible to say while the expenditure has, through economies effected in carrying out the work—in which matter we owe much to our Architect, Mr. Herbert Hall, and to Mr. Garwood, oin Assistant Secretary, who acted as C lerk of the Works been less than was anticipated, we are within measurable distance of providing for the whole cost without having recourse to any invested capital. Apart from Mrs. Moseley’s gift of £1,000, to which reference has been made, and some substantial sums which the Board have been able to provide from revenue, a very large proportion of the cost has been furnished by a Ladies Extension Fund Committee—with Mr. A. Stuart Johnson as its indefatigable Treasurer—who have secured a splendid response to their appeal for donations and under whose auspices Mrs. J. Saxon has—with an infinite amount of energy or¬ ganised a “Mile of Sixpences” Scheme, w^hich, if it has not quite reached the mile, has produced £275. It is difficult, when recording thanks due to a number of people each year, to avoid the appearance of doing it as a mere matter of form—the Board wrould, however, have it believed that they do ow^e, and feel, very real gratitude to the Medical Staff, the Matron and Nursing and Domestic Staff, the Honorary Secretary, treasurer and Auditors, and last but not least of the Establishment to the Assistant Secretary, and also to their supporters generally, The Carnival Com¬ mittee, The Industrial Fund Committee, the League of Remembrance, of Marlboro Gate, London, by whom a large amount of voluntary needlew'ork has been done, Collectors, Donors of gifts of money and every individual, who has in any way helped to make this, our fifth year, compare so favourably with the years which have gone before, and so productive of encouragement in anticipating the years to come.