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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    124. The naming ceremony was held on 3rd. February, 1949, when Mr. F. W. Boggis, former Chairman of the Board of Management, unveiled a suitably worded plate which had been fixed to the bed. Mr. Crook, his father, and many of his friends who had assisted in his work, were present at the ceremony, along with representatives of the Hospital Management Committee. The Reverend A. M. Whitehead kindly dedi¬ cated the bed. 125. The Committee wishes to take this further opportunity of expressing to Mr. Crook and his father its grateful thanks for all they have done for the Wigan Infirmary. Obituary. 126. The Committee records with regret the death on 30th April, 1949, of Dr. Joseph Jones, of Leigh, who was for very many years closely asso¬ ciated with the work of Leigh Infirmary as a member of the Honorary Medical Staff. He was also a Vice-President and Trustee of the Hospital, and he will long be remembered for the valuable and devoted service he rendered to the hospital and to the public of Leigh and district. Thanks. 127. In spite of being financed by State Funds the Committee is pleased to record that the voluntary assistance given to the hospitals has been maintained in connection with the Linen League, the Library Service, House Visiting, Film Shows to patients, etc. It would be difficult to set out a comprehensive list of all who have assisted, but the Committee wish to express thanks to all who have in any way helped in the work of the hospitals by gift of money or by service. The Committee hopes that this assistance will continue, so that the best traditions of the old system may be maintained. In this connection, the Committee hopes it may be possible to organise a League of Friends in this hospital area in order to mobilise, encourage and maintain the interest of the public in the hospital services. (The Secretary of the Committee would be pleased to give further information to anyone who may be interested in the forma¬ tion of a League of Friends). CONCLUSION. 128. The first year under the National Health Service Act, 1946, has brought many changes in the internal affairs of the hospitals and clinics of this Group, and though no great developments have taken place, certain foundations have been laid which will, it is hoped, improve the services rendered to patients in the future. As far as the Wigan area is concerned, it is likely that Billinge Hospital will be extended and made the primary hospital centre, whilst Wigan Infirmary, whose buildings are not equal to the demands made upon them, will be expanded and its Out-patient and Treatment Departments improved. 129. The accommodation for sick patients at the Frog Lane Welfare Home is considered to be most unsatisfactory, and every effort will be made to remove the patients from these buildings as soon as alternative arrangements can be made.