Annual report : 1948/49 / Wigan and Leigh Hospital Management Committee.

  • Wigan and Leigh Hospital Management Committee.
Date:
1949
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report : 1948/49 / Wigan and Leigh Hospital Management Committee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I!5. It will be seen therefore, that voluntary contributions can still be accepted, and any donor can specify the particular hospital and purpose on which the contribution should be expended (e.g., Patients’ Comforts, Medical Research, Nurses’ Comforts, etc.). Christmas-Time in Hospital. 116. It has always been the custom for hospital staffs to do all in their power to ensure that the right atmosphere is created for those patients who are unfortunate enough to be in hospital at Christmas-time, and members of the public have from year to year assisted the staff in their efforts by generous contributions of money and gifts in kind. I 17. Although the Government did allow Christmas fare to be provided out of Exchequer Funds it was realised that there was much that could be done by voluntary effort to make the patients’ lot a happier one during the season’s festivities, and in November, 1948, the Mayors of Wigan and Leigh very kindly undertook to issue a Christmas Appeal. The response was most generous indeed, £813 9s. lOd. was raised, and helped to give the patients a happy time at Christmas. It is realised that a public appeal of this nature involves a considerable amount of work, and to the Mayors of Wigan and Leigh, and to all those who so kindly responded to the Appeal, the Committee extends sincere thanks and gratitude. I 18. On Christmas morning, the Mayor of Wigan and civic repre¬ sentatives, together with the Chairman and members of the Hospital Management Committee, toured the hospitals in the Wigan area and conveyed the Season’s Greetings to all patients. I 19. In the Leigh area, the Mayor of Leigh and the Chairmen of the Atherton and Tyldesley District Councils visited the hospitals in their areas, along with members of the Hospital Management Committee, and extended Christmas Greetings to the patients. Later in the day, the Chairman of the Management Committee also visited the patients in the hospitals in the Leigh area. 120. To the Mayors and the Chairmen of the Councils, the Com¬ mittee extends sincere thanks for their kind interest in the welfare of the patients. 121. The Nursing Staffs in the different hospitals, and also certain voluntary organisations kindly organised suitable entertainment for the patients in hospital at Christmas. This entertainment did much to brighten the patients, and the Committee is greatly appreciative of the efforts of all concerned. Naming of Bed. 122. At one of the early meetings of the Hospital Management Committee, it was reported that during the year ended 31st March, 1948, Mr. E. Crook, of 55, Manley Street, Ince, had raised the sum of £280 14s. 5d. in aid of the Wigan Infirmary by organising dances and whist drives. Mr. Crook, and his father before him, have raised considerable sums yearly for the infirmary, and the total has now reached £3,710 7s. 7d. 123. The Committee felt that these efforts were worthy of a special recognition, and in order to provide a record for all times, it was agreed that a bed in the Wigan Infirmary be named as a tribute to the work of Mr. Crook and his father.