Annual report : 1947 / Mildmay Mission Hospital.

  • Mildmay Mission Hospital.
Date:
1947
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Credit: Annual report : 1947 / Mildmay Mission Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MILDMAY MISSION HOSPITAL AND ANNIE McCALL MATERNITY HOSPITAL Report for the year ended 31st December, 1947. Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto Me—Matt. 25; 40. The Council presents this, the Seventieth Annual Report, for the year ended 31st December, 1947, and has pleasure in submitting for your information details of the work of the various departments during the year. Obituary The Council records with deep regret the loss it has sustained by the passing of three faithful friends. Miss F. M. Cattell Miss Cattell, whose death was announced on the 25th June, had been Matron of the hospital from 1896 to 1920, a period of twenty- four years. Her devotion to the Lord and her relations with both staff and patients set a splendid example for all. Dr. T. Jays Dr. Jays was appointed a member of the Council in 1943. He will be warmly remembered for his interest in the welfare of the hospital. Dr. J. C. Mack Dr. Mack, who was Superintendent of the Mildmay Memorial Hospital, had also been associated with the Council of the Mildmay Mission Hospital. He was made a Vice-President in 1943. Alteration of Articles of the Association The Council, as the representative body of the rnembers, put forward the suggestion that the Articles of the Association should be altered to allow the positions of President and Chairman of the hospital to be separate, if thought desirable, and to inaugurate a position of Vice-Chairman. A special resolution, giving effect to this proposal, was submitted to the members, and at the June Annual Meeting the resolution was passed. At a later meeting of the Council Mr. A. Jacob, in accepting the invitation to be the Chairman, said, “I can assure you that as I serve in this capacity 1 shall endeavour to do all I can, with the help of God, for the furtherance of the work of the hospital and the welfare of the patients”. Major W. Mainwaring Burton was elected to the position of Vice-Chairman. National Health Act Since the passing of the Health Service Act the Council has considered carefully the developments of the National Scheme. Notification was received that the hospital would be taken over by the Ministry and would be placed in the North East Metropolitan Region. The Chairman and the Medical Superintendent waited on the Secretary of the Regional Board and placed before him the Memorandum and Articles of Association and explained the nature of the Hospital Trusts and how the daily work functioned. They asked him about its position in the future and how Clause 61 of the Act would be implemented. The Clause reads, “Where the character and associations of any voluntary hospital transferred to the Minister ... are such as to link it with a particular religious denomination, regard shall be had in the general administration of the hospital and in the making of appointments to the Hospital Management Committee to the preservation of the character and associations of the hospital”. The Secretary of the Regional Board stated that the terms of the Clause would be carried out and that when the Regional Board appointed the Hospital Management Committee, one, or possibly