An Appeal on behalf of THE PEOPLE'S DISPENSARY FOR SICK ANIMALS OF THE
POOR by CHRISTOPHER STONE
There can be few missions to appeal to our imagination and sympathy more than that of the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals of the Poor. Eighteen years ago Mrs. M. E. Dickin founded it in the East End of London. She had one assistant. A cellar was its first dispensary, a converted sugar box its first ambulance... Four patients were treated in the first day.
Today the organisation has sixty-nine dispensaries, five animal hospitals, eight travelling caravan dispensaries, and a well-equipped and up-to-date sanatorium and training centre at llford. In addition, two dispensaries have been established in Paris and others in Roumania, Tangier, and the Dutch East Indies. The P.D.S.A. now employs 200 men, and treats nearly two million cases a year.
Last week ' The Broadcasters ' recorded a first-hand experience of taking a poor dog that had been run over to the nearest dispensary at a late hour of the night. The casualty bell was answered promptly, and the dumb creature aided at once. The P.D.S.A., which is doing a wonderful work, charges nothing for its services and is dependent entirely on voluntary contributions.
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged, and should be addressed to [address removed]