The First Labour Hospital
1921 1921 1920s 8 pages streets, in many cases incapacitated from earning a livelihood, or drawn with the agony of some muscular disease that one is compelled to realise the need for an institution which specialises in making the crippled or deformed man straight and whole. Some day the State may re...
| 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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streets, in many cases incapacitated from earning a livelihood, or drawn with the agony of some muscular disease that one is compelled to realise the need for an institution which specialises in making the crippled or deformed man straight and whole. Some day the State may recognise its responsibility in this direction, but in the meantime Labour should point the way and Labour can use the Orthopaedic Hospital as a magnificient object-lesson. "Yours faithfully, "(Signed) C.T. CRAMP, "Industrial General Secretary." "THE UNION OF POST OFFICE WORKERS, "43, Cromwell Road, S.W. 7, "11th June, 1921. "DEAR MURRAY BRUCE, A line to express appreciation of all I saw on my visit to the Industrial Hospital at Golders Green. Apart from its very nice surroundings and the excellent accommodation and equipment of the Hospital, I was particularly impressed by the fact that to the best of my recollection it is the only time I have entered such an institution and found all the patients, of whom I made inquiry, to be quite contented and happy in their surroundings. I sincerely hope that the Labour Movement will take the institution under its guardianship. "Yours faithfully, "(Signed) CHAS. G. AMMON, "Organising Secretary." "19, Hampstead Hill Gardens, N.W. 3, "January 12th 1921. 'DEAR BRUCE, "I have been shown round the Manor House Hospital and its spacious grounds, and have been tremendously impressed with the general equipment, the enthusiasm of the highly skilled practitioners and staff, the democratic element of control, and the happy social atmosphere of the patients. In my time I have visited many hospitals in all parts of the country, but here, for once, there was no trace of the usual stiff and oppressive officialism associated with charitable institutions. I spoke to a number of the patients, workmen from various industries, and it was a pleasure to see limbs thrown out of action gradually beginning to respond and the joy of the patient as he felt the power of control returning. As one elderly patient described it 'This 'aint no Hospital; it is more like a home.' I can very strongly recommend our members, and indeed our Union, to support this great remedial effort by taking up individual membership or becoming affiliated. "(Signed) B. SKENE MACKAY, "Organiser, National Union Vehicle Builders." "THE WORKERS' UNION, "Highfield, etc., "7th June, 1921. "DEAR MR. MURRAY BRUCE, "I have very great pleasure in testifying to the remarkable facilities at the disposal of the Industrial Orthopaedic Society for dealing with cases at their Hospital. I have had an opportunity of going through the whole of the wards and the principal buildings, which I found in excellent condition, and the patients were receiving the utmost attention in the way of skilled
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