Wardown House 1914 [Z1306/75/8/2]
Friday 7th January 1916: In November we heard that Wardown House was being prepared as a hospital for wounded soldiers.
There are currently just 21 patients being treated there but the military
authorities are anxious for the hospital to be fully available and have been
told it should be ready to receive a consignment of wounded patients within a
few days. Just a few minor repairs and renovations are now needed, which will
be carried out by the Luton Borough Engineer. Luton Town Council is
contributing half the £10 cost of rearranging the heating apparatus and the
provision of hot water. The Voluntary Aid Detachment have applied for the use of
rooms currently occupied by the caretaker but their application has been
refused. The matter has now been referred back to the Parks Committee asking
them to reconsider; the hospital committee is anxious that the entire house
should be given over to the hospital as in order to work efficiently it will be
necessary for nurses to sleep on the premises.
Mary Green and Nora Durler,
the commandants of the hospital, have asked for donations of money, domestic
items, household linen, fruit, flowers and vegetables. They have also appealed
for the following medical appliances:
- A wheeled trolley with a stretcher for transporting the sick and wounded
- One or more self-propelling wheelchairs
- An irrigator with a stand
- A set of three enamel wash bowls on a stand for the operating room
- One dressing waggon for the wards.
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