Fifth annual report
1932 1932 1930s 86 pages : illustrations Especially is it satisfactory to note the increasing tendency to bring cases for examination at an early stage of their disability — the youngest patient at a Clinic this year was three days old — and the co-operation of private medical pr...
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| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
| Language: | English English |
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1932
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86 pages : illustrations
Especially is it satisfactory to note the increasing tendency to bring cases for examination at an early stage of their disability — the youngest patient at a Clinic this year was three days old — and the co-operation of private medical practitioners in this connection is warmly welcomed. Transport difficulties have become greater since financial conditions have obliged an increasing number of people to put down their car or limit the use of it. This part of the work is a constant anxiety to all Clinic Secretaries, and it is impossible to speak too gratefully of those car-owners — there are still many — who give their help. Amongst them Rotarians are conspicuous, and thanks are due to the Ilfracombe Rotary Club which, being unable to provide cars, sent a donation towards transport costs instead. At the close of the year the services of two valued officers were lost owing to the resignation of Mrs. Brian Miller and Miss A. N. Richards, Hon. Clinic Secretaries at Exeter and Barnstaple respectively. Both ladies had held their post since the start with untiring enthusiasm and the most whole-hearted devotion, despite hampering difficulties much of the time in the matter of accomdation [accommodation]. The Association owes a great deal to them. Miss Marion Rowe and Miss Mew have kindly taken over the work at Exeter and Barnstaple respectively. The tragic death of Miss Thomas, After-Care Sister, which occurred on her way to a Clinic, cast a gloom over the many who had been familiar with her cheery, enthusiastic personality during her four and half years' service with D.A.C.A. A small Samaritan Fund has been started in her memory by some of those who worked with her, and is administered by Matron for those minor needs of special cases which appealed so readily to Miss Thomas herself. The regular assistance of V.A. Members, British Red Cross Society and St. John's Ambulance Brigade, continues to be an essential element in the successful running of the Clinics and is deeply appreciated. Grateful thanks are due to Miss Dorothy Rowe for her valuable assistance in taking down the Surgeon's notes at the majority of Clinics and her regular attendance for this important work. The services of the Hon. Clinic Secretaries, whose duties have been rendered more than ever exacting by the increase in cases, are altogether beyond praise. The same may be said of the Surgeons and After-Care Sisters, whose work provides the foundation on which the Clinic edifice is raised. 22
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