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West Wales Sanatorium. ANNUAL OF SUBSCRIBERS. alltymyx.dd"bijilding may BE OPENED AT EASTER TIME. The annual general meeting of the mem- bers of the West Wales branch of the National Society for the Prevention of Con- sumption and other forms of tuberculosis, was held at the Guildhall Cairmairthen, on Friday afternoon, when the President (Earl Cawdor, lord-lieutenant of Pemabrokechire), occupied the chair. There was a large attend- ance, including Sir James Willra-im-Diuvm- monel, Bart. (lord-lieutenant of Carmarthen- 11 1 1 -vaii-i shire). Edwinsford; Col. H. Davies-Evam (lord-lieutenant or Cardiganshire) Tighmead; General Sir James Hills-Johnes, V.C., G.CB, Dolaucothi; Sir Owen Seoufireld, Bart., Williamstown Col W. Lewes, Llysnewydd; Mr Mei vyn Peel, Da nyr allt; Mr and Mrs Dudley Williams-Drummond, Carmarthen; Mr aind Mirs Bertie Davios-Evanfi, Bwlch- bychain; Mr Meuric Lloyd, Dolfryn Mr Charies oyd, Waunifor Mrs W. J. Wil- liams, Picton, terrace, Carmarthen; Mrs Gwynne-H11 gbes, Glaiicothi; Mrs J. W. Gwynne-Hughes, Tregeyb; Dr H. J. Law- rence, Naiilborth Mr and -Mrs Trubshaw, Llanelly Mrs NoviM. Lla-nelly; Mr E. Milner Jones (Recorder of Carmarthen); Col. D. Morris, Ammanford; i-Aii- W. N. Joiii,es, Tiry- dail; Rev A. Fuller Mills,^Carmarthen.; Rev and Mrs iD. Evans, Llangunnor; the Miese* E. Falkeneir, Llangunnor; B. Falkoner Miss A. Mabel Davies, Frood-'Pfile; Mr E. A. Lewis, Saundersf oot; Mr (Iud Mrs R. M. Thomas, Landclowror Miss G. Thomas, Llarnddowror; Mr G. W. P. Brewer, iNarberth; Mr P. J. Wheldon, Carmarthen (treasurer); Rev D. H. Davies; 'Dr Hugh Walker, Lampeter; Mrs Herbert Mitchell, Bryniteifi; Dr Arthur Hughes, Ammanford; Mr Morgan Griffiths, Liime Grove; Mr Walter Spurrell, Carmar- then Mr T. E. Brigstocke, Car.mairhten; Mrs H. Colby, Aberystwith; Mr Wm. Thomas, Ll&ndelbie; Dr v. A. Brigstocke, Haverford- west; Mr E. Thomas, Llanybyther; Mr M. Williams, Llanylbj-ther; Frances C. B. Lloyd, Waunifoir; E. M. Stewart, Llandys- sul; F. M. Lewis, Felinfach Miss Mil ward, Tenby; F. F. Reecl, Tenby; Miss Ditcham, Carmarthen Mrs and Miss Wheldon, Car- marthen Mr C. Haydn. Williams, Carmar- then; Mr H. J. Allen, Tenby; Dr E. C. Thomas, Llanybyther; Rev D. Williams, Llanenog Principal Roberts, Aberystwith Dr R. A. Reed, Tenfby; and Dr Bowen Jones, Carmarthen. Letters of reoret at absence were received from Mr Morgan Richardson, Morgenau (in- cluding cheque lor tIO); Lady Scourfield, Mr C. W. R. Stokes, Tenby Mr Seymour Allen, and Mr Mitchell. Professor Aiiii-yi, Aber- ystwith, wrote hoping the committee would taiken into consideration especially the edu- cational effect the sa, iatori,iim-ii-oiil;d have on the people of West Wales. Whatever might be done, that aspect must not be overlooked. Extra care should be taken, by competent persons in the selection of cases for admission into the sanatorium, that impossible, cases should not be admitted to the exclusion of cases of posSliible cure. It was of paramount importance that the internal control of the institution should be in the hands of a thoroughly (pompdtent medical superinten- dent. The annual report of the ,executive was rea.d by the Secretary (Dr LI. Bowen Jones), in which the history of the Sanatorium was traced from its origin, and acknowledgment made of iSir James Drummnd's kindness in advancing a loan of £ 1,000 .and 1}1r David Davies' (Llandinam Hall) contribution of £500. A high tribute was also paid to the brilliant service rendered by the late Lady Drummond, as well as to the late Colonel Mayhew and Mr Daniel Stephens1 ,Arlais. The (report was received, on the motion of Mr Trubshaw, seconded by Col. Morris. FINANCIAL STATEMENT. Mr P. J. Wheldon, the treasurer presented the financial statement. On. the building account they had a balance at the bank on December 31st, 1906, JE430 16s. They re- ceived a loan of £1,000 from Sir James W. Drummond. Subscriptions came to zt232 15s lid; proceeds from a jumble sale "at Llan- gadock, 10s; Talley bazaar, organised bv the late Lady Drummond, £ 214 2s 3d; sale of garden 'plants, per Miss Davies, ^Froodvale, £ 2; Laughanne bazaar, C23; £6 100 from Tenby; fete 'at Llandilo, per Mrs Gil-rilgle- Hughes and Committee, £ 293 Os 9d; church and chapel collections, £ 120 6s lid district collection, £64 4s 10d; donation from Llatn- dillo, an District. Licensed Victuallers' Asso- ciation, £ 20; from Llandebie, £ 3; bank interest, £ 15 10s 7d. The total receipts for the year amounted to £2,492 Or, lid. Oai the counte rside they paid the architect C50 and the builder £ 1,5.0. The printing bill came to £8 7s 8d, and they paid fo rcopies of a pamphlet. on tuberculosis, £2 13s. The expenses at Alltymynydd, in road making, laying out the grounds, alterations to the building, came to £44 Is; sundry bills came to E38 10s, and petty cash to t 17 12s Gd. After making all payments thev had a. balance in hand of f:830 16s lid, hut thev had to rememlber that Sir James Drummond •had lent them £ 1,000, free of interest. In 1905 when he was elected treasurer, the monies handed over to him amounted to t3,465 17s 9d. He received en subscriptions £ 428 4s 6d, and from the Fancy Fair at Car- marthen t946 9s. He had from Mr Mitchell £.50, and the (purses presented to Princess Christian at Alltymynydd totalled R680 14s. Church and chapel collections came. to £ 206 17s 9d; district collection, zC64 43 10s; Welsh Football Union per Mr Mitchell, £ 50inte- rest on money, tl62 9s Id. On t,b, other 'hand they had paid out to the contractor, £ 6,500; to Mr Collier, the architect, tl75 5s; for plans, as; preliminary printing ex- penses, C28 lis 9d; general pi Anting and stationery, £ 24 14s. 10; and altogether the total payments came to £6,852 Is lOd There .remained due to the builder, f:145 17s and to the architect £90 15s, whilst, of course £1,000 was due to Sir James Drummond. A deficit of £ 405 15s Id was shown on the general account of the sanatorium, but it might be proper to add here, said Mr Whel- don, that the building committee found that them was work yet to be done without whilch the sanatorium would not be in a fit state to bieopetlwd, which would involve an expendi- ditu.re of £149. It was interesting to note the amount they had received from collec- tions in churches and chapels, on the whole he thought the response had been very good, butt he 'believed it was nothing to what might be expected if the matter was represented to them in the proper'way. From the Church .of England they had £100 10s 9d, and from the chapels £ 1(5] 2s., and that was a very creditable sum indeed to receive. Whatever pressure had been put on. th churches and chapels it was very disappointing to find that that ini Pembrokeshire and Cardiganshire the effort had been so disappointing, wbDut £ 19s 9s from Pembrokeshire and JEG Is lid from Cardiganshire. With regard to the dis- trict collection—m Carmarthenshire they atrefully divided the conuty into districts, and made a systematic house-to-house collec- tiom, tiherelby bring,iin,g in, zC64 4s lOd, but Car- diganshire and Pembrokeshire had done nothing. Dr Reid had paid in some subscrip- tions whlich were restricted to certain objects. Last year the deficit was £1,394 8s 4d, so that their deficit of R405 15s Id was a com- paratively low one. However, h- was pleased to inform them that by the good efforts of Mrs Davies-Evans that adverse balance would be, entirely wiped off, and they could declare to the public that the funds of the sanatorium were on the right sIde (applause) He had received a cheque of 20 guineas from Mr T. Lewis, Brynglas, he being desirous of .'becoming a life governor. He had also re- ceived a telegram from Mr Chive: .s in which he stated lie would contribute JE5. Mr Ben Evans, Llanfair Grange, had qualified for a life governor. On the motion o,f Mr R. M. Thomas, seconded by the treiv A. Fuller Mills, the accounts were referred to the finance com- mittee for audit and publication. Mr Wheldon said on, the maintenance account they had a }>alamice of £ 238 3s 2d, and interest allowed amounted to £ 9 2s 5d,' mating a total of E245 5s 7d; out of that they had paid the reiit of the sanatorium, ■the caretaker, etc., leaving a balaince of t93 8s 2d. The Pemlbroke Dockyard men had Fent a sum, ear-marked for maintenance, of R147 18s 9d, which, with interest, represen- ted a Gitm of tl50 lis 7d. Then, other monies for special purposes included a sum of tl33 6s 3d, the proceeds -of the, excellent sale at St. Clears. On the furnishing account they received from Mr D. Davies, Llandinam Hall £ 500 which bore interest at tll 7s lid. They paid for special flooring CI56 11s 5d, which left a balance .n hand of JE354 16s Gcl. Since then he had received from Mrs Trubshaw a cheque of £ 294 9 s, which, added to the balance, would adequately cover any expen- ses they miight be called upon to pay for furnishing. He had received from Mrs Davics-Evans, £ 155 5s, which stood in the suspended account. Dr Reid siaid that lie had in deposit in the bank in his name, £68 3s, and his son, Capt. Roiel had, by promoting an entertainment, been able to make tloj 8s lid. Those two sums were deposited at Have; ford west, making interest. Out of those sums t60 odd had .been sent to the treasurer, and the remainder would be paid over when the sana- torium was opened. The accounts were then referrul to the finance committee for audit and publication. COST OF MAINTENANCE. The Chairman, who was received with applause, said that he had a 3ho11. statement to make of what he had tried to do with regard to the rules. He quite appreciated the difficulty of draiwing up rules. It was not an easy thing to do, bti,L. most of them would agree that the rules as they stood in print did not work out quite as they wished, and he had taiken- upon himself the invidious task of 'amending them. He hoped Air R. M. Thomas would assist Mm in amending his own rules. He thought they ought to make It quite clear what every subscriber was going to get for his money, and they ought to put that iin such a form that they could put on the Ibaek of a ticket, or whatever he got for his .subscription. That would be the means of drawing in considerable subscrip- tions. He suggested that an annual sub- scription of £1 would entitle a person to become a governor. He thought that would work out very well, and that further the sum of £1 in subscription would mean one letter of recommendation, for the admission of a patient. Twenty letters of recommendation would mean. £20, wnich would cover the maintenance of a patient for three months. Forty letters of recommendation, or JE40 would maintain a patient for six months, and 75 letters of ire'commendatino, or £ 75, would maintain the patient for the whole of the twelve months. He did not himself care whether the tl wa.3 found by one individual or an association, of persons. As long as the money was raised, they woul be entitled to the letters of recommendation. That would be a useful thing which coul dbe easily ex- plained. The governor might be the repre- sentative of a number of people selected by themselves. Any corporation, any local authority, any association of persons, or any ndividual would be atbie to subscribe for as many letters of recomimendatioai they re- quired, but no matter where it came from every zEl would have its own and the same value. If an individual or association of persons subscribed a large sum they should be entitled to nominate a member for the executive committee. Thn he thought they should have some limitation to the executive committee, 'but he, would not press that the nun-liber should be ten. He was in favour of a larger number, and would suggest seven for each, county, which would give them 21 members He must confess that the sugges- tioHs were .not his own making, but he had been studying the ruiles of various sanatoria, and had taken isome suggestions from those of the Devon and Cornwall Sanatorium, which was 'doing very good work. If they got a rock-bed of J61 they did not want anything more. Any authority could give £75, and they got their bed for one year. Patients would be admitted on lotteri of reoemmenda- tion, and seven such letters would* entitle a person to one month's treatment, and twenty letters to three months, and so on. He thought they might find it useful to put in the 'rules that for every week, or fractional part of a week, over the time a patient was admitted for, a charge of E2 'would he made. His object was, mow that they bad airived at the parting of the ways, that they should fill the sanatorium as soon as possible, and, therefore, they would have to put their house in order so that it would work as smoothly and simply as pos.sib1.e,ailld let every contri- butor know what he was going to get for his sujbsoniptLon. He felt very strongly indeed that they were very much .indebted to those who were doing and bearing the Ibrunt of the work of that sanatorium. He was afraid he had not done anything himself, biit he had watched all that the others had done, and they owed a deibt of gratitude -to those ladies ar;d gentlemen. But he was thin/king now mor:- particularly of their officers. First of all thiey must tender their tliafuks to the hon. secretaries (applause). They had done ad- miraoiio work for them, and he hoped it was some satisfaction to them to see their good work coming to fruiition. # Also, they must thank their treasurer for all the work he had dome (appilause), but he could not go through all the ladies and gentlemen, but those who had done good work knew it quite well without his telling them, and bi'iinging blushes to their faces. Those of them, who, Lb himself, had not done much yet, should make up their minds to give what help they could. The lines on which they should now work ought to be somewhat changed. He thought the time had come when they should haiVe one secretary instead of four, as at pre- sent, and, of course, the executive committee would give him what paid assistance he wanted in the way of clerkage. He did not ■want the ^hon. sees, to feel that they uiwler- yailued the good work they had done in pilot- ing the ship so far. He and they also appre- ciated the splendid work done by the trea- surer, but he thought as a matter of pure, simple business, they ought to arrtange their position in this way. He did nob think the treasurer should 'be the bank, and he, did not think the banker should !be the treasurer and lie did not think the treasurer should be on the finance committee, because the com- mittee was told off to look iafter the trea- surer, and the treasurer to look after the bankers. He thought they should try and separate those offices retaining in o-ne capa- city Air Wheldom, whom he 11 ,hoped. would still continue to give them the benefit of his great assistance. The separation of the offices was quite usual, and really the right thing to do. •Mr Wheldon asked whether the £ï5 would be sufficient to cover the cost of maiiiteni- ance. The Chairman said Wat lie had looked at a good meny of the working sanatoria, and found that they worked very satisfactory on £ï5. Dr Bowen Jones said that he thought it was sufficient. Dr Reid said that the offer to the County Councils was to give them a bed ror JE65 a year, an that offer still stood good. He thought it was too liberal an offer. Until the sanlatorium got into full swing it would cost more than, 1:65 to maintain a bed. He thought £i5 was as near the mark as could be. IDr Bowen-J ones said that he would rather call it £80. It depended on what they paid their resident medical officer. The Chairman said that foir three and six months the charge was jE80, and people who took a bed for twelve months got it £ 5 cheaper, and so he did not see- much in that. Rev F. Mills suggested that the charge should be £65. He knew the difficulties they had to contend with in the past, but they wanted to ipopularis/e that institution as imuch as they cotild, aiiid iii view of the County Council inquiry, if they could see their way clear to say zC65 it was more likely to Ibe aecepted than £ 75. The Chairman: Ron would not say more likely to pay (laughter). R,ev F. Mills: We are prospepting now, and the maintenance of the institution will liave to comie :"1> later, on. If they created a ™ lc'e. aSa'n,'jt the institution in the V }1 'fll ou'!d become a dead letter. ;;r^eldo11 f^id that it must be borne in i f. ( ] won;ld have to iplovi-de shelters aind toooL foi the patients to work with, because uork now was an integral part of the treatment Ihey would have a difficulty in finding sufficient patients m the initial staap to fill the iiistitutioaii. The Chairman said that he thought he mnst hang on to his t75. Mr Wheldon, There will he no difficulty in lowering it. Sir James 'Drumanond: Are we going to decide to-day when, we shall start the sana- torium ? The Chairman: AVe must leave that to the executive committeei. i-Itr Brewer agreed that offices of treasurer and banker should In separated, but with re- gal d to his friend, Mr AVhelelcn, he was the treasurer, and the hankers were the banker, and they were two different people. Whether that was sufficint to- creat the independency to which his lordship referred, he did not know. There was, the- fact that ,}11- Wheldcai was not the íbanlk (laughter). Mr Wholdoni: I wish I was (reupwed laugh

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