Appeal on behalf of The Westminster Hospital by the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable Viscount Sankey, G.B.E., D.C.L., LL.D.

During two centuries, Westminster Hospital, the founder of the voluntary hospital system, whose windows look out on to the Abbey, has served the needs of the sick and poor. Today, the present hundred-year-old building is quite inadequate to meet the demands upon its services. Expansion on its present site has been impossible, necessitating the acquisition of Annexes widely spread. In these circumstances, after extended deliberations, the Governors, with the full approval of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, their President, and of King Edward's Hospital Fund, have decided to rebuild on a larger, quieter, and more open site in Westminster, quite close to the existing building. To enable the Governors to complete their scheme, £350,000 is required. Of this sum, £100,000 must be forthcoming by March 31 next if the Governors are to be enabled to proceed with their new building, which will contain extended accommodation for the sick poor, beds for the middle and professional classes, a more comfortable home for their Nursing Staff, and adequate facilities for the prosecution of important research work. It is hoped that the appeal by the Lord Chancellor will bring immediate and widespread assistance, so that such a well-tried instrument may be re-shaped in accordance with its new needs.

Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged, and, by kind permission of His Royal Highness, should be addressed to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, K.G., President, [address removed]