Your hospital is an institution of which the Community can well be proud, and it is worthy of support from all sections of Anglo-Jewry, Mr. O. E. d’Avigdor Goldsmid said, speaking to-day at the annual Court of Governors of the London Jewish Hospital.
I am not entirely ignorant of hospital work, Mr. Goldsmid added, as I am President of a cottage hospital in the country and trustee of a general hospital outside London. Relatively speaking, the work you do makes theirs small in comparison, and if the community at large would realise that you treat no less than 1,600 in-patients in a year, and that you have had in the past year over 15,000 out-patients, I feel sure the community would give you the further support, the need for which has been accentuated.
I should like to draw attention to the fact that no less than 25% of your patients were not members of the Jewish faith. You are especially to be congratulated on that fact, because it proves that you are always ready to help the sick whatever their faith may be. You have indeed a very fine hospital.
Dr. A. Goodman Levy, Chairman of the Council, said that the total overdraft at the end of the past year on capital and current account was £8,332, and at the present moment had reached £10,000. The Council had decided to endeavour to raise funds to wipe out the debt, and to make some provision for future deficits on current account. It was proposed to have a festival dinner for this purpose in the course of this year.
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