John Passmore Edwards
Liskeard Cottage Hospital
History (page 2)
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The
annual report for 1899 showed an income of £195 19s 3d from
subscriptions, £9 14s 10d from donations and only £26
10s from inpatients. Out goings amounted to £275 2s 11d, of
which £25 15s 9d was for Surgery and dispensary and £90
19s 5d for salaries and wages. A total of 66 patients were admitted
of which 45 were cured, 6 "very much improved", 3 "relieved"
and 6 died. Another 12 died "shortly after".
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| Patient numbers increased and in early 1914 improvements and alterations to the hospital were carried out to meet the needs. Matron, Miss Gillespie, was called up in 1915, not returning until 1919. Nurse Parker took over whilst she was away on war service. A number of wounded Belgiums were treated free of charge in 1918 and the hospital became a local centre for the treatment of discharged soldiers and sailors at the end of WW1 with a convalescent ward made available to the Red Cross at no charge. |
| Both Matron and Nurse Parker left the hospital in 1920 and Mrs M E Sanders Sister F Burch took there places. |
| Electricity was not installed at the hospital until 1925 and with it came X Ray equipment. Extensions to the hospital were carried out in 1927. |
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© Dean Evans 2004
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November 6, 2005
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