Annual report and statement of accounts : 1935 / Blackburn and East Lancashire Royal Infirmary.

  • Blackburn and East Lancashire Royal Infirmary.
Date:
1935
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Credit: Annual report and statement of accounts : 1935 / Blackburn and East Lancashire Royal Infirmary. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Endowment Fund.—The Board wish to record their grateful thanks )c the following' additions to this Fund: — The Exors. of the late Miss S. A. Pilkington, £2,000> for the endowment of Two Beds; Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Wishart, £500 for the endowment of a Cot in memory of their two children ; the Blackburn Amateur Dramatic and Musical Society, ^150, being a further donation towards the endowment of a Bed; the Black¬ burn Golf Club, £76; the Blackburn Rovers Football Club, ^30 5s. 3d. ; the Darwen Golf Club, £20; and the Darwen Foot¬ ball Club, £3. Extensions Fund.—Principally due to the untiring enthusiasm of the Mayoress’ Committee of Ladies, this Fund received during the year ^1,165 3s. nd., and the amount owing to the Bank on the Extension of the Nurses’ Home had been reduced at December 31st to £i,yig 8s. gd. The Yerburgh Fund continues to be a source of assistance by means of weekly grants to poor patients who are suffering from incurable diseases and in assisting patients in the purchase of surgical appliances. The sum of £201 13s. 6d. was expended by the Committee during the year . Bequests, &c.—The following gifts and legacies which were not specially earmarked for endowment have been placed to the credit of the Revenue Account: Mrs. T. J. Forrest, £500 for the naming in perpetuity of a Cot in memory of her late husband ; the trustees of Frank Mercer, deceased, further on account of residue, £208 19s. 6d. ; the Executors of the late Mr. George Barnes, ^‘ioo; the Executors of the late Miss Mary Fell, ^100; the Executors of Mrs. A. R. Walton, deceased, £106 18s. 2d. ; the Executors of the late Miss S. A. Pilkington, interest on legacy, £62 ; the Executors of Mr. A. L. Chadwick, deceased, £52 10s. ; the Executors of the late Mr. E. J\ Holt, £50 ; the Executors of Miss A. Cooper, deceased, £25 ; the Executors of the late Mrs. J. Howson, £21 os. id.; the Executors of Mr. J. W. Almond, ^10. The Board wish to record their sincere appreciation of these generous additions to the funds of the Institution. Ladies’ Infirmary Guild.—The Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Associates and Members of the Guild are again to be complimented on the splendid assistance which they render to the Institution. During the year the Guild contributed 1,706 articles of clothing, bed linen, etc., together with over ^21 in cash, and the Board conveyed to the Ladies through their Honorary Secretaries, Mrs. R. Y. Aitken and Mrs. L. Heyworth, their grateful thanks for this most valuable help.