The nineteenth annual report of the Bourton-on-the-Water Cottage Hospital, for the year 1879 : with cash accounts, lists of subscribers, and the rules of the institution.

  • Bourton-on-the-Water Cottage Hospital.
Date:
1880
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The nineteenth annual report of the Bourton-on-the-Water Cottage Hospital, for the year 1879 : with cash accounts, lists of subscribers, and the rules of the institution. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    It will be seen at page 14 that the annual congregational collections amounted to about £45, somewhat less than the average, but this sura does not include a payment made since the accounts for the year 1879 were closed, nor of two special collections for the building fund. Considering the agricultural depression of 1879, the Committee gratefully acknowledge the substantial aid afforded, and desire to thank the clergy and ministers for their valued support. A detached out-building for coal and wood, for a mortuary, and for other purposes, not having betn included in the contract for the hospital, has been erected, and also an entrance iron gate, iron railings, &c., whilst the boundary wall has been repaired, and roads and paths made, but all at considerable expense. A perusal of the rules at the end of this report, will shew that they have been carefully revised, and adapted to existing circumstances. In conclusion, the Committee venture to hope that the friends of the Institution will endeavour to liquidate the debt noAv hanging over it, and that as the Bourton Cottage Hospital is fully adapted for its special purpose, of affording relief to the sick and suffering poor of Bourton and its neighbourhood, although necessarily at somewhat enhanced cost of maintenance, its funds may not be allowed to be diminished, but on the contrary, be proportionally increased, and year by year steadily augmented. (Signed) for the Committee of Management, W. C. Coles, M.D., Bourton-on-the-Water, 6th January, 1880. Honorary Secretary.