Annual report of the Royal Bath Hospital and Rawson Convalescent Home : 1940.

  • Royal Bath Hospital (Harrogate, England)
Date:
1940
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report of the Royal Bath Hospital and Rawson Convalescent Home : 1940. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    attendances at meetings of some members of your Committee. Mr. Derek P. Wilks is away on active service and the increasing demands upon the services of Mr. Herbert Crowther and Mr. C. E. Morris have made them infrequent visitors. This has thrown an additional burden upon a few who have fully responded to the call made upon them so that the affairs of the Hospital cannot in any degree be said to have suffered through neglect or lack of supervision. FINANCE The rise in the cost of commodities, coupled with the fact that Hospitals are not exempt from the Purchase Tax, together with increases in the cost of labour, has inevitably resulted in greatly increased expenditure under practically all heads. This is shown by a comparison of the per capita charges for 1938, the last full normal working year, 5/7 per day, with those ruling throughout 1940, 7/10 per day. On the credit side income shows a serious shrinking, though your Committee wishes to take this opportunity of expressing its sincere thanks to all those who have in any way continued their support during these times of financial stringency. In these circumstances your Committee views the future with some degree of apprehension and, after very careful consideration, has decided that the time has now come when some increase in charges must be made. These will be submitted in detail to the Annual Meeting, when, it is hoped, they will be approved and ratified. It has been the endeavour of your Committee to make these increases as moderate as circumstances will allow, but some such increases are unavoidable under existing conditions. The supporters of the Hospital may rest fully assured that your Committee will keep a close scrutiny on all expenditure and will adopt the cautious policy which the needs of the situation demands. For until the final adjustment with the Ministry of Health has taken place—and it is impossible to forecast when this will be—the exact financial position cannot be precisely known. LEGACIES During 1940 the following amounts were received and have been credited to Endowment Account :— Mrs. A. E. Richardson (9th distribution), £45 ; Miss Ada Lightowler, £10 ; James Hamilton Brown, £89/16/8 ; Ezra Naylor, £801/12/-.