Annual report : 1934 / Queen Victoria Memorial Cottage Hospital, Herne Bay.

  • Queen Victoria Memorial Cottage Hospital (Herne Bay, England) no2006086819.
Date:
1934
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report : 1934 / Queen Victoria Memorial Cottage Hospital, Herne Bay. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Income. The Ordinary Income for the year shows a satisfactory increase, the chief item being £1,150 from the Contributory Scheme account, against £900 received from the same source last year. The Contributory Scheme starts 1935 with a balance of £310, against a balance of £198 last year, and it may safely be assumed that this Scheme will be one of the main means of raising revenue for the support of the Hospital. In making a comparison with other items of income for last year, while the amount received from Subscriptions shows an increase of £28 against a decrease of £73 from Donations, it is reasonable to assume that many special donations received from grateful patients, which in other years have been credited to the Maintenance Account, have been paid to the New Hospital Building Fund. The Church Offertories have increased by £13, for which the Governors extend their grateful thanks. The receipts from patients’ payments and Approved Societies show a fall in revenue of £27 due to a decrease in the amount from the Approved Societies. An amount of £51 was received from additional Boxes other than those registered under the Contributory Scheme. Alexandra Rose Day and Easter Saturday Flag Day reached the high standard set up last year, and the Governors express their warmest thanks to the Organisers and the Ladies who assisted on these days set apart for the sale of flowers. There is no change in the income derived from investments. Expenditure. During the last few years the Governors set up various Com¬ mittees to establish control of spending, and savings have been further effected this year. The expenditure as shown in the summary is £2,359 18s. 7d., a decrease of £41 7s. Od. POUND DAY. The Matron’s Pound Day is a popular institution, the amount of provisions brought to the Hospital increases each year, and materially assists in keeping the domestic expenditure at a low level. Ten pounds in cash was also received and was expended on extra comforts for the patients. EGG WEEK. The Egg Week Appeal brought 3,876 eggs to the Hospital Store cupboard, and the Matron desires to record her sincere thanks to all who so readily responded, to make her appeals such a success. LINEN LEAGUE. The work of the Ladies goes on with unabated vigour. The Linen of the Hospital has been supplied and maintained without any cost to the maintenance account since the inception of the League. The value of which the Governors much appreciate and express their gratitude. NEW HOSPITAL FUND. In order to expedite the raising of necessary funds to commence building the new hospital at an early date, two conferences of repre-