Annual report of the Royal Bath Hospital and Rawson Convalescent Home : 1926.

Royal Bath Hospital (Harrogate, England)

Date:: 1926

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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report of the Royal Bath Hospital and Rawson Convalescent Home : 1926. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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of their closing in November, through a shortage of fuel, but to their agreeable surprise it had not had any serious effect one way or the other. They were able to carry forward a surplus of £300 11s. Id., after setting aside £1,000 to the Contingencies’ Reserve Account. This money they did not propose to spend, at once, because it was absolutely insufficient for what they urgently needed. They had spent about £8,000 on new addi¬ tions, which were now complete and would shortly be in opera¬ tion. That would practically absorb all the money they had in hand. They were greatly in need of additional electrical accommodation and required more room for massage. Year by year these forms of treatment were increasing and, under present conditions, they were seriously handicapped. These additional alterations, which were absolutely necessary, would involve the expenditure of approximately £4,000. The Reports and Accounts were then adopted. Mr. Matthew Stephenson then moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman and Members of the Committee of Management and that they be re-elected. Miss M. E. Jones (Harrogate Ladies’ College), who sec¬ onded the resolution, said she welcomed that opportunity of voicing the confidence of the outside public in the work of the Hospital. She had never heard a single word of adverse criticism directed against it. On the contrary she had been impressed by the esteem and regard in which it was held. The Committee might be truly congratulated upon the way in which they were carrying it on and upon the efficiency of their administration. Mr. C. A. Rhodes (Chairman of the Committee), in replying, thanked the Meeting for its reception of the resolution. He did not think any chairman could have a better committee or one whose assiduity of attendance and willingness to under¬ take various matters could be surpassed. In connection with the Centenary Fund they had raised £7,900, of which the greater part had now been spent. They asked originally for £12,000, and that sum they still required, for it was most essential that they should have increased facilities for electrical treatments as well as more accommodation for their medical staff, who at the present time were working under great diffi¬ culties. He commended the efforts of the Matron and Nursing Staff, whose efforts had realised a sum adequate to furnish the new extensions without encroaching upon the Centenary Fund in any way.