Report : 1928 / Middlesex Hospital.

  • Middlesex Hospital.
Date:
1928
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Credit: Report : 1928 / Middlesex Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ALMONER’S REPORT FOR 1928. The work has continued steadily during the past year, and we would tender our thanks to our friends and the various charitable organisations and societies which have continued to help us to carry on the work of the Department. The Home at Clacton-on-Sea has kept particularly full during the year, and details of the numbers admitted are to be found in the Con¬ valescent Home Report. We arranged for convalescence elsewhere for 552 adult patients and 129 children, In- and Out-patients of the Hospital. Of this number 119 were admitted to the Schiff Home of Recovery at Cobham. 74 adult patients and 19 children received Sanatorium treatment, mainly through the various County Councils in whose districts they resided. Surgical appliances have been supplied, patients have received help towards the cost of their convalescence and with their rail or ambu¬ lance fares, and small sums have occasionally been granted to patients on their discharge from the Hospital. In all, the sum of £2,845 17s. Od. has been expended on In-patients and £1,863 6s. 4d. on Out-patients, of which £1,290 3s. lOd. has been met by their own contributions. From the special Funds of the Hospital the following sums have been spent on these services :— Dresden Assistance Fund. Samaritan Fund. £ s. d. £ s. d. 54 13 2 309 16 4 411 8 1 130 10 0 203 10 8 119 2 8 13 3 9 13 13 6 In addition, £88 6s. lOd. has been granted from the George Balfour Black Fund to patients suffering from cancer, and £54 12s. 3d. has been spent from the Dental Fund in assisting patients to purchase dentures. Whilst receipts for the year from, or on behalf of, patients show some increase on the previous year, unfortunately, the grants received from the Approved Societies were not so large. The total amount received was £16,358 11s. 4d., including £3,122 2s. Od. from the Approved Societies. H. M. PRICE, Lady Almoner. 1. 2. 3. 4. Fares ... Convalescence xAppliances Grants to patients