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Christmas appeal for the hospital written by Edwin Paxton Hood. Appeal takes the form of a narrative about several visits to the "palatial" hospital. Edwin Paxton Hood was asked by the Secretary, Mr Andrew, to give a lecture at the hospital and subsequently paid other visits where he was able to have more personal talks with the patients. Includes illustrations of patients and a fold-out engraving of the hospital building. Also includes an inserted letter from the Matron, Lucy Begg, dated 23th November 1914, stating how glad she is to have been able to find a copy of this appeal.

Manuscript minutes of the House Committee, dated 13 July 1918 to 10 September 1919. The volume is indexed and also includes manuscript and typescript inserts chiefly relating to letters and reports by Walter P Wright regarding the condition of the hospital garden. The minutes include multiple entries regarding the dismissal and subsequent re-hiring of five male attendants, who were dismissed for being 'conscientious objectors'.