Their Much-Appreciated Work For Two Hospitals An echo of a good work which has for a number of years boon given the whole-hearted auppore of the {fo'be cen in letters recently received Uy" the chairman ofthe 5 from Queen Mary's. (Roehampton) pangs of see airmen who lost thei limbs the Rvottish Hospital for Limbless Sail It will be remembered thatthe hos-Union Church ladies hold their annual! sale on December 3, the nett proceeds of which were to be for tie benefit of these hospitals.
From Roehampton an' appreciatory letter written by the Hon. Secretary of the institution reads in part as follow:
"Tam very much obliged to you for your letter enclosing a demand draft for £145, being part of the nett proceeds of the Sale of Work of the Union Church Ladies Society held on December 3. T enclose an official receipt, and would ask you to accept the very sincere thanks of my Committee for' this generaas donation, and I would also ask you to express to those ladies who are members of your Society my Committee's appreciation of their kind efforts in aid of this hospital.
Since its inception over 100,000 men have been admitted and charged with the best artifeial appliances which skill and ingenuity can. devise. Without speaking boastfully there is no country in the world where men who su'Tered amputation in the Great War have been so skillfully fitted with artificial appliances and enabled once more to become useful citizen There axe at present in the hospital cover 400 men (not all limbless) who were wounded in the Great War, all of whom are de benefit from the the surgical and medical treatment there."
The Scottish Hospital The Secretary of the Princess Louise Scottish Hospital writes as follows: received the draft for £145 as a contribution to the funds of this Hospital, and have much pleasure in enclosing formal receipt. This now brings up the total of the contributions made by your Society to ££3,980.0.10d. I have been asked by my Committee specially to convey to you their very deep appre of the work which your Society has. done on behalf of this Hospital. They are specially gratified that you should have remembered this Hospital during the very seat troubles which' you have been through in Shanghai. They ask me to state that they trust the unrest {in the country has not caused hard. ship to your friends."
It should be added, also, that the Society, since the receipt of there letters, has been able send to an A report from the Princess Louise Hospital, enclosed with the letter of thanks, provides interesting.
matter regarding the work which is. being carried on. The 11th year of the work was culminated in 1927.
The record shows that a number of patients have been admitted into the Hospital who, while not unbless, ate severely maimed. The majority of these pensioners are suffering from some chronic ability which prevents their engaging in regular employment. In reviewing their history, it i found that while the chances for pormanet cure of the patient may be ight, his condition may be improved for the time being, and considerable benefit derived' from his stay at Erskine, The Failing Patient The report adds that "it is clear to the staff that there is a grent sphere of usefulness for an institu Yon Erskine where pensioners, who although at present able to about, are becoming progress ly worse, and who will, as time goes on, require medical care and nurse feannot receive in the year just past, the have provided training and employment for, on an average, 100 disabled men, Greater facilities have been provided for the manu-ure of furnishings. A well sipped wood-working department ha been arranged, comprising machine French polishing and upholstery shops, also a rural handicrafts department for the production of white wood articles,—henhouses, brooders, ete, and 28 men are at work throughout these sections.
One of the the difficulties met with the report declares, is the finding of work suitable to a man who has lost an arm, As poultry keeping: is one of the few industites which can be taught to a man thus handle capped, with a reasonable hope of success, and in view of the fact that out-of-doors occupation is rewended for many eases admitted kine, the Committee have extended the Poultry Department. The breeding of habits for pelts and the rearing and fattening of pigs are other branches of the Agricultural Department,
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