Annual report of the Chorley Hospital : 1929.

  • Chorley Hospital (Chorley, England)
Date:
1929
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Credit: Annual report of the Chorley Hospital : 1929. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GENERAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1929 CHORLEY January, 1930. To the Governors of the Chorley Hospital. Ladies and Gentlemen, The Board of Management beg to submit their Annual Report, together with the Statement of Accounts for the year ending December 31st, 1929. During the year the work has increased as shown by the number of operations, which is an advance in numbers of 91. Motor accidents claim a total of 114, a slight increase on last year. Finance. Notwithstanding the continual depression in most of the local Industries, the Board are pleased to report that the financial support given to the Hospital has been most satisfactory The total income received was £4,091 7s. iod. (compared with £4183 18s. gd for the previous year) and the expenditure £“3925 19s. rod. (compared with £3346 16s. gd.) Obituary. It is with deep regret that we record the death of Dr. .1 A. Harris, J.P., who died on September 6th, 1929, and was interred on September 10th. His work for the Chorley Hospital, of which he was President and Trustee, is well known. Very much of the time that he was able to spare from other duties was devoted to the interests of this Institution. He was also one of the origin¬ ators of the scheme for a Hospital which was opened in 1893. He will long be remembered by those who knew him for his geniality and important work done for the Hospital. * New Hospital. At the end of March the Architectural Competition closed, and the Assessor's award was as follows : — rst Prize ... Messrs. Bradshaw Gass & Hope, Bolton. 2nd Prize ... Messrs. Prestwich & Sons, Leigh. 3rd Prize ... Mr. J. Knight, Manchester. In May, Mr. Garner, of Liverpool, was appointed quantity surveyor. The drainage question, one of the great objections to the Rookwood site, was the fact that we could not connect with the main sewer in Preston Road without considerable alterations in the plans. After several meetings with the Corporation and the Trustees of the Tatton Estate, rhe Hospital Commtttee are pleased to report that an arrangement has been come to, by which each of the three parties have agreed to pay one-third of the total costs including legal expenses, The plans have been submitted to the Building Committee, and after some interviews with the Architect, will be ready for submitting to the Corporation in regard to the lay-out of the buildings, and we hope to be able to ask for tenders in a few weeks.