Report : 1940 / Manchester Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Throat and Chest.

  • Manchester Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Throat and Chest (Manchester, England) no2004019699.
Date:
1940
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Credit: Report : 1940 / Manchester Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Throat and Chest. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE MANCHESTER HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE THROAT AND CHEST REPORT OF THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT for the year ended December 31st, 1940 THE Board have pleasure in submitting the Report and Financial Statement for the year ended December 31st, 1940. The work of the Resident Medical Staff and the Honorary Medical Staff is again much appreciated and thanks are also tendered to the respective Matrons and the Nursing Staff for valuable work carried out so willingly under trying circum¬ stances. The hospital has suffered a big loss during the year through the death of Mr. H. E. Gaddum. He was an active member of the Board since 1898 and his kindness and ever happy disposition is sadly missed by all. We have also with regret to record the death of Alderman R. S. Harper who represented the Manchester Corporation Public Health Com¬ mittee on the Board for many years. Miss Ecroyd, Manchester and Salford Hospital Saturday Fund representative, resigned and her attendance at meetings and her experienced advice are much missed. The work at the various departments has been carried on as usual in spite of the difficult times, but the shortage of Nursing and domestic staff at the Crossley Sanatorium has caused the board considerable anxiety and unless things improve a number of beds might reluctantly have to be closed. At the St. Anne's Home some necessary improvements were carried out. These include the installation of a modern economical kitchen range and improvements to the staff bathrooms including a new bathroom, etc., for the night staff, At the Crossley Sanatorium some desirable additions had to be postponed, but necessary repairs in keeping the Sanatorium efficient have been put into work. After the tragic event at Barrowmore Tuberculosis Colony, accommodation for some of the patients was readily afforded until other arrangements for their treatment was forthcoming. The Rev. Otway Mayne has continued his chaplaincy and the weekly