Report of the Board of Management with statement of accounts and list of subscriptions and donations : 1933 / Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital.

  • Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital. no2002088636.
Date:
1933
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Credit: Report of the Board of Management with statement of accounts and list of subscriptions and donations : 1933 / Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHESTERFIELD AND NORTH DERBYSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL. T^HE Hospital was founded by Deed of Trust in 1854 and with it was * incorporated a Dispensary, established in 1800 for the benefit of such poor people “ as have not relief from the Parish and are unable to pay for medicine and assistance themselves.” The premises taken over for the Hospital were situate in St. Mary’s Gate, opposite the Church, and were rented from Mr. Richard Dixon for £15 per annum, the rooms comprising a “ parlour,” a “ front room,” a “ sitting room,” two “ lodging rooms ” and two “ attics.” The first meeting of the Board of Management was held on the 3rd May, 1854, when the Duke of Devonshire was elected President. The Income for the first year was £714 18s. 4d., and the Expenditure,, including equipment, amounted to £360 6s. 8d. The In-Patients numbered 10. The Hospital accommodation, however, soon proved inadequate, and Durrant Hall and Grounds were purchased from the Duke of Devonshire for the nominal consideration of £100. The Hall was demolished with the exception of the kitchens, which were utilised as part of the present buildings. The foundation stone was laid on the 28th September, 1859, by the Rt. Hon. Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquis of Hartington (afterwards the 8th Duke of Devonshire). The ceremony was preceded by a Public Breakfast and the stonelaying was carried out with full masonic honours, and in June, 1860, the Hospital was opened for the admission of cases. In 1863 a special appeal was made to those employed in or about the Collieries, Manufactories and Railways of the district to support the Institution “ expressly designed for their own benefit,” and the workmen at a number of concerns consented to a deduction from their wages of sums varying from a farthing to a penny per week, and in the following year the Hospital had working men representatives elected by popular vote to sit on the Board of Management. This system has greatly extended and in 1930 the workpeople in the Hospital area contributed the very large sum of £15,250 Is. Id. It should be noted that the employers have, by arrangement, agreed to contribute 331 per cent, of the money contributed by the employees. The Board of Management includes, also, 12 working men representing the different industries and trades. The Devonshire Ward and a new Dispensary were added in 1873, and the Portland Ward in 1890, bringing the accommodation for patients up to 60 beds. In 1901 the late Alderman Edward Eastwood purchased from the School Board the Durrant Road School and the Board’s Offices adjoining, and presented them to the Institution fully equipped for the purpose of two Medical Wards, the male Ward being named after the Donor and the female Ward after the late Earl Manvers, who performed the opening ceremony in April, 1902. A Rontgen Ray apparatus was installed in 1903.