Income Considerably Reduced in Recent Months Hospital, the first hospital built in Shanghai, were. given by "the acting superintendent, Dr. Donald Farquharson, at the weekly meeting of the Shanghai Rotary Club, held at the Metropole Hotel on Dee. 10, Me. Hans Berents was in the chair. The original name of the has pital, explained - Dr." Farquharson, was the Chinese Hospital, asin 1844 iL was the only hospital for Chinese. Laler, however, other hospitals were built, and the Lester Hospital had bbe distinguished from them. 'The hospital way left a very good legacy by Henry Lester, which enabled it to be rebuilt, a stop which was very nnecesstry al' that time. "Since then, the hospital had been mown as the Lester Chinese: Hospital On the top floor of the hospital were situated the kitchens, and the room occupied by the dietician, 9 Chinese sister, IL was a problem to feed 400 people, a number of whom Fequired special diets. On the floor below were the flats occupied by foreign residents, and ore of them was the scene of a busy meeting on the first Monday of each month, when the trustees met to consider the possibilities of cutting down the expenses of the hospital. The hospital Income had. been considerably re~ duced through diminishing grants, subscriptions, ete.
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