Report of the Huddersfield Royal Infirmary : 1938.

  • Huddersfield Royal Infirmary (Huddersfield, England) no2004111195.
Date:
1938
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Report of the Huddersfield Royal Infirmary : 1938. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A slight increase in the work done is shewn by statistics relating to the Pathological Department. The number of specimens examined was 11,703 and the number of post-mortem examinations conducted by the Pathologist was 100. The following figures refer to cases admitted as a result of motor 1938 1937 Number of Motor Accident Cases 246 242 Cost of Treatment ^825 £1,005 Received towards cost of Treatment ... £551 ^618 Of the total receipts, £532 was the amount received from Insurance Companies. FINANCIAL. General. The total expenditure of ^46,156 3s. 4d. exceeded the total income of ^45,831 8s. lid. by _£324 14s. 5d. Economies have been effected wherever possible, but the increased cost of nearly all commodities throughout the year has caused your Board serious concern. Income. The total income for the year was ^45,831 8s. lid. and exceeded the 1937 total by ^5,148 Is. 6d. Annual subscriptions shew an increase of ^104 5s. Id., and in thanking those subscribers who have entered into a seven year deed of covenant your Board once more urges others to adopt this plan which means so much more to the Hospital at no extra cost to the subscriber. When your Board primarily had before it a draft Contributory Scheme for Huddersfield, it was known that with the growth and success of such a Scheme, income from other sources would necessarily diminish. Receipts from patients on account of services rendered shew the biggest direct reduction, but income under certain other headings is also found to have been reduced. This means, of course, that certain monies have been diverted and have gone to swell the increased revenue from workpeople through the Contributory Scheme. From the Scheme, the monthly grants during the year totalled ^20,718—good testimony, after such a short period of operation, to the efficiency with which the Scheme is conducted. The income from donations was ^2,930 9s. lid., .£410 6s. Od. less than in 1937. There being no control over receipts under this heading, fluctuations of greater or lesser degree are to be expected. Ihe Annual Charity Football Match took place at the Leeds Road Ground between Huddersfield Town and Partick Thistle. Although the Town team was victorious, the inclement weather had a severe effect upon the gate receipts. Nevertheless ^118 was passed to the Infirmary account for which your Board is grateful.