“…Within their walls steady, hard work has been done, not only in the wards, but in the laboratories, whereby great discoveries have been made, the root causes of disease have been revealed, and all the modern methods of prevention and cure have been evolved. …”

“…VOLUNTARY EFFORT INSUFFICIENT Even before the war voluntary contributions were failing to keep pace with the increased cost of upkeep and with the cost of modern methods of diagnosis and treatment. Since the war the financial difficuities of most of the Voluntary Hospitals are notorious. …”

“…In the first place, the surroundings can never be as hygienic and convenient as they are in a modern hospital; secondly, a private practitioner cannot be expected to possess all the equipment and apparatus necessary for every variety of case; thirdly, amongst the poor there cannot be the constant care and supervision of a trained nurse, which is often essential to recovery; lastly, even amongst the rich it is extremely difficult to get all the special help that is advisable without injurious delay, whilst amongst the poor such help is often altogether impossible. …”