An appeal on behalf of The Birmingham Hospitals Centre by the Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain, M.P.

The Birmingham Hospitals Centre consists of a general hospital of 740 beds, new buildings for the Medical School of the University of Birmingham, and a block of one hundred beds for paying patients. It is the first hospitals centre to be established in Great Britain, and it will combine the three essential functions of modern medical practice - the treatment of patients, the training of doctors and nurses, and research and investigation into the causes of disease.

It is anticipated that the first five hundred beds will be opened for the admission of patients early next year and that the medical school will be opened at the same time. The total estimated cost of this scheme is £1,250,000, and of this sum £800,000 has already been raised.

Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged, and should be addressed to Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain, [address removed]