The First Labour Hospital
1921 1921 1920s 8 pages The purpose of this Hospital is to prevent the worker who has received a crippling accident from being doomed to perform menial tasks for the remainder of his days. HISTORY. Shortly after the outbreak of War in 1914 the pressing needs of Red Cross led to the formation of a Co...
| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
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| Language: | English English |
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London : Co-operative Printing Society Ltd.
1921
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| Summary: | 1921
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The purpose of this Hospital is to prevent the worker who has received a crippling accident from being doomed to perform menial tasks for the remainder of his days. HISTORY. Shortly after the outbreak of War in 1914 the pressing needs of Red Cross led to the formation of a Committee in London, which functioned as the Allies' Benevolent Society, and rendered good work, operating for a time at Yvetot, near Rouen. Later, the work of the Society was transferred to England, and the Manor House Hospital with its grounds was secured, where a Hospital was erected and specially equipped for the orthopaedic treatment of allied soldiers and sailors. The signing of the Armistice raised eventually the consideration of the question as to whether the Society had now fulfilled its purpose and should cease to function. Large numbers of organised workers who were by this time contributing weekly sums of money decided, in conjunction with active [photograph] CORNER VIEW OF THE GROUNDS. members of the Committee, that this war-time arrangement which had proved so successful could with great advantage be applied to the industrial workers on a permanent membership basis. Accordingly, the Society was adjusted to meet this decision and registered as the Industrial Orthopaedic Society. SITUATION. The Hospital, which is on one of the most beautiful sites in the country, consists of the Old Manor House on Hampstead Heath, standing in beautifully wooded grounds, 300 feet above sea level. The advantage of sending injured men to recover in such surroundings is obvious. They benefit by change of air and environment, and everything that tends towards speedy recovery is assured.
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