Appeal on behalf of the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, Nice, by the Matron, Miss Elsie Gladman
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to [address removed]
The Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, Nice, serving the English-speaking communities and visitors on the French Riviera, is in desperate need of funds. Built forty years ago, its annual deficits were always met without difficulty by a wealthy community, which in 1939 ceased to exist. A great financial burden has been put upon the hospital by visitors from the sterling area, unable, because of the financial controls, to meet their obligations. The majority of British residents are now people of small to moderate means, many of them pensioners, compelled because of poor health to live in a mild climate, who cannot always afford to pay hospital fees. The hospital receives no support from either British or French authorities. By consent of the Bank of England donations sent to [address removed](as above) may be transmitted to France.