Appeal on behalf of The Hospital For Sick Children, Great Ormond Street
By the Rt. Hon. Lord MacMillan, Chairman of the Hospital
Contributions will be gratefully received by [address removed]
The Hospital for Sick Children was founded in 1852 with 10 beds. It has now 327, including the Branch Hospital at Tadworth Court, Surrey. It was and still is the pioneer of all Children's Hospitals throughout the world. In 1930 in-patients numbered 7,154, out-patients' attendances, 113,516. The hospital is now a great school of research in the diseases of childhood.
Over one million and a half children from all parts of the world have been treated within its walls. The present buildings are quite inadequate. Not withstanding the difficulties of the times, reconstruction by carefully designed stages, so long postponed, is now imperative. In the forefront of the scheme is the Nurses' House, to replace the present wholly insufficient accommodation, together with the expansion of the departments dealing with out-patients, radiology, and research.