Annual report : 1945 / Central London Ophthalmic Hospital.

Central London Ophthalmic Hospital.

Date:: 1945

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Credit: Annual report : 1945 / Central London Ophthalmic Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Co-operation with other Hospitals The Hospital has continued to offer its facilities for the teaching of Ophthalmology to Members of the London School of Medicine for Women (Royal Free Hospital). It has also taken part in the work of the Joint Committee of Ophthalmic Hospitals, and great benefit has been derived from the co-ordination of effort which follows from that source. During the early months of the year the Royal Free Hospital continued to use twenty of the Hospital’s beds but, at the end of May, they found it possible to vacate this accommodation. Council of Management The Council regret to report the death of Sir Percy Ashley on September 18th. Although Sir Percy had been a Member of the Council for only a short period, his colleagues had already learned to appreciate the value of his assistance and to place great reliance on his advice. His personal charm adds greatly to their sense of loss. Mrs. J. D. Magor Cardell was appointed a Member of the Finance Committee upon the death of Sir Percy Ashley. Mrs. Kinnell found it necessary to resign her position as Representative of the Royal Free Hospital and her place was filled by Miss Bolton, Dean of the Medical School of that Hospital. Finance The accounts on pages 10 to 15 of the Report show that the Hospital reached a new record both in income and expenditure. It is with great satisfaction that the Council point out that the deficit of last year of £899 has disappeared from this year’s accounts which show that the Hospital was not only able to meet expenditure wholly from income, but also to transfer the sum of £626 from the Legacies Account to the General Fund Capital Account. As fore¬ cast in the Report for 1944, increases in the expenditure of almost every item have occurred. The year 1946 will see an even higher level of expenditure when the Hospital resumes the full admission of in-patients by the re-opening of beds closed during the war. There will be consequent increases in the cost of consumable commodities and salaries. The salaries of the Nursing Staff are to be again improved following the further recommendations of the Rushcliffe Committee. Although the increased activity of the Hospital will produce a higher rate of income from payments for services rendered, it will be even more necessary to seek the generous help of those members of the public who have, for so long, recognised its worth by their contributions. The Council have not space at their disposal to thank adequately all their benefactors, but mention must be made of the following :