Annual report of the Royal Bath Hospital and Rawson Convalescent Home : 1932.

  • Royal Bath Hospital (Harrogate, England)
Date:
1932
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report of the Royal Bath Hospital and Rawson Convalescent Home : 1932. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    £230 and of £570 compared with three years ago. Their invest¬ ments had brought in £300 less than in the year before and, owing to the conversion of the Five Per Cent. War Loan, there would be a still further decrease of about £145 a year. The Committee had decided to instal an X-Ray Depart¬ ment. This should really have been done some years ago; now it could no longer be delayed in view of the proposed Research Scheme. They were asking for a minimum sum of £2,000. If they did not receive it, the balance required would have to be taken from the funds of the Hospital. The annual outlay involved would be between £350 and £400, which would mean a heavy charge on their income. They were grateful to their Radiologists for their work during the past year as well as to the Medical Staff for all that they had done but he would ask them to be as moderate in their demands in the future as possible. The Reports and Accounts were then adopted. Lord Harewood moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman and Members of the Committee of Management, and proposed the re-election of the following members, due to retire by rotation, Sir L. G. Dunbar, Messrs. W. L. Kirby and R. E. Jones, with the additions of Mr. R. A. Rreare and Mr. W. Townend, vice Mr. F. Mudd and Mr. 3. E. Hurtley, resigned, and that the nominees of the Hon. Medical Staff—Dr. G. Holmes, Dr. A. C. Sharp, Dr. W. Yeoman, and Dr. J. A. Thomson—be and are hereby appointed. Mr. M. Stephenson, J.P., seconded, and the motion was carried. Mr. C. A. Rhodes, J.P. (Chairman of the Committee), replying, said they were a working and not merely an orna¬ mental Committee. Nothing startling had happened during the ‘.past year, but they had treated more patients than previously, and had received many letters of thanks and appreciation from them. All expenses in connection with the upkeep of buildings had been met out of income, and considerable sums of money had been spent. They quite understood the position in which the Approved Societies found themselves to-day, but they hoped that there would be an increase in their contributions in the future. The