Report and statement of accounts of income and expenditure : 1932 / Lytham Hospital.

  • Lytham Hospital (Lytham St. Anne's, England)
Date:
1932
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Credit: Report and statement of accounts of income and expenditure : 1932 / Lytham Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    61st ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF LYTHAM HOSPITAL, For the Year ending 31st December, 1932. THE Sixty-first Annual Report of the Lytham Hospital was presented at a meeting of the Governors held on March 29th, 1933, when the Chairman of the Committee, Captain W. E. Nuttall, presided. The Report is as follows :— The year has been one of high endeavour and considerable achievement. In every direction there has been increased pressure on the resources of the Hospital. There has been an increase of patients (in-patients and out-patients), with a corresponding increase of expense. At the same time, however, the income has expanded, more money being received from subscribers and from patients them¬ selves, and the Committee consider in the circumstances, that an excess of expenditure over income of only £224 for the year, is evidence of careful management. With this economy there has been combined a high state of efficiency. The General Nursing Council for England and Wales, reporting on the condition of the Hospital, states that there is none better in the country. This should be as gratifying to the subscribers as it is to the Committee. Within the limits of our funds, everything possible has been done to win back to health and strength those who have unfortunately needed the Hospital’s help. Our Institution, of course, is still far from complete. It must remain so until more money is available. In the first place, we need more beds. Several cases, fortunately not of an urgent nature, have had to wait for admission during the year, and it is apparent that as the district grows we shall have to provide more accommodation. Then the necessity for a children’s ward becomes more pronounced every year. Young children have to be placed in one of the main wards, often to the inconvenience of older patients. We think that we can construct a convenient children’s ward in the present group of buildings as soon as funds permit, which, we hope, will not be long delayed.