To All Individual Contributors
You are probably aware that the Town's meeting held in June, authorised a War Memorial Appeal for the Northampton General Hospital Extension Fund and the Rushden Home Hospital.
The Northampton General Hospital Appeal is to build a new block of wards to accommodate 150 beds and to provide an adequate out-patient department so as to eliminate the long period of waiting by those requiring in-patient treatment and loss of time by out-patients.
The Rushden Home Hospital will be mainly for the treatment of medical cases, and will be staffed by skilled nurses with the local Doctors attending their own Patients. Physio-therapy (electrical) treatment, will also be given, and it is hoped to widen the scope of its usefulness in collaboration with Northampton General Hospital. Surgical cases will continue to be treated at Northampton, therefore our liability to the General Hospital will not be in any way lessened.
The estimated cost of a Home Hospital of 16 beds is approximately £3,000 per annum, and it is expected that most of the money will be collected by weekly contributions, and that the majority of the contributors will be the present members of the Rushden Hospital Fund. Members in the factories have been contributing an additional 3d. per week since the 1st July. Will you please contribute 3d. from the 1st January?
The money raised by the contributions will be used for the Joint Appeal of £20,000 until the target is reached and afterwards will be used for the maintenance of the Rushden Home Hospital. This is the Town's WAR MEMORIAL and what more fitting memorial could be made to commemorate the sacrifices of our Town's men and women.
Please Do Your Part in The Appeal
Contributions should be handed in to the Secretary, Cleavers' Chambers, who will be pleased to give you any further information concerning the Appeal.
