Annual report : 1927 / Ilford Emergency Hospital.

  • Ilford Emergency Hospital.
Date:
1927
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Credit: Annual report : 1927 / Ilford Emergency Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    This income is, of course, quite inadequate to provide the in¬ creased public service which is SO' necessary, but it is nevertheless most encouraging; and heartens the Governors in their efforts to provide “ A Hospital worthy of the Borough.” Annual Subscriptions, Donations, Congregational Collections, Workpeople’s Collections, Grants from Central Funds and pay¬ ments by Patients all show an increase, but the Governors earnestly appeal for new Annual Subscribers, as this item of Income, which should be the vital bed-rock of Hospital finance, is woefully in¬ adequate. As m past years, the Governors have to thank the Ilford Hospital Saturday Committee for a considerable part of the Hospital’s revenue. Here again it is their privilege to report a “ Record.” During the Saturday Committee’s financial year its members have been responsible for the collection of no less than ^3,415 19s. 4d. towards the Funds of the Hospital; full particm lars of which may be found in the Committee’s Annual Report. To the Chairman, General Secretary, Officers, and every member of the Ilford Hospital Saturday Committee the Governors tender their hearty congratulations upon this magnificent performance, for which they, and the Patients who benefit so much, are deeply grateful. The Ilford Hospital Saturday Committee will, in future, work in much closer co-operation with the Hospital Authorities, and it is confidently expected that whilst this arrangement will prevent any possibility of overlapping and will ensure a united appeal, it will not hamper the Committee, but rather help it to proceed from strength to strength. The Governors report with equal pleasure that King Edward’s Hospital Fund for London in¬ creased their grant from ;£400 in 1926 to ^1,000 in 1927 (^7500 towards the Building Fund). Apart from the cash value of this grant, the Governors are highly gratified by this significant recognition of the work of the Hospital and its important and opportune encouragement of their aims for the future. The Metropolitan Hospital Sunday Fund for the first time made a grant towards the Funds of the Hospital; a Donation of ^100 was re¬ ceived, and this addition to the Hospital’s Income is very grate¬ fully welcomed. During the past year two splendid sporting efforts have reached their goal—the Ilford Footballers Bed Fund and the Goodmayes Cricket and Sports Club having both com¬ pleted the collection of ^1,000; Beds have been named in the perpetual honour of the many sportsmen who have shared in> these memorable achievements. Sportsmanship in junior circles has not lagged behind ; the Ilford National Auxiliary Sunday School Union again gave an annual subscription of ^30 towards its Cot Fund and has now