§ 66. Mr. GILBERTasked the Minister of Health if the Hospitals Commission have now distributed the £500,000 voted 381 to assist the voluntary hospitals; the amounts allocated to each of the London hospitals receiving assistance; and whether the accounts of the London voluntary hospitals for 1921 show any improvement in their financial position?
§ Sir A. MONDI understand from the Voluntary Hospitals Commission that it is anticipated that the Grants made during the present financial year will amount approximately to £120,000, of which £87,900 has been paid to London hospitals. The list is so long that, with the permission of the House, I will have it printed in the OFFICIAL REPORT. I may explain that applications for grants made through the local Voluntary Hospital Committees are dealt with as soon as they are received. Hospitals have been asked to expedite their applications, but comparatively few have yet been received as their accounts for the year 1921 are not yet made up. Although the figures are not yet complete, the King's Fund estimate that the aggregate deficits for the London hospitals will be substantially less than in 1920, and it is probable that the same will be the case for the provincial hospitals.
§ The following is the list promised:
| VOLUNTARY HOSPITALS COMMISSION. | |
| Grants approved by the Commission up to 28th February, 1922. | |
| Hospital. | Grant approved. |
| LONDON. | £ |
| Canning Town | 700 |
| East London Hospital for Children | 3,000 |
| Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital for Women | 600 |
| Great Northern Central Hospital | 11,000 |
| Hampstead General Hospital | 3,400 |
| Hospital for Epilepsy | 850 |
| Hospital for Sick Children | 4,000 |
| Infants' Hospital | 1,000 |
| King's College Hospital | 9,000 |
| London Hospital | 10,000 |
| London Temperance Hospital | 2,000 |
| Metropolitan Hospital | 750 |
| Middlesex Hospital | 3,000 |
| Mildmay Mission Hospital | 400 |
| National Hospital for the Paralysed | 800 |
| Prince of Wales's General Hospital | 2,200 |
| Hospital. | Grant approved. |
| LONDON. | £ |
| Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital | 3,000 |
| Queen Mary's Hospital for the East End | 1,000 |
| Queen's Hospital for Children | 2,100 |
| Royal Free Hospital | 12,000 |
| Royal National Orthopædic Hospital | 3,000 |
| Royal Waterloo Hospital for Women and Children | 500 |
| Samaritan Free Hospital for Women | 800 |
| South London Hospital for Women | 800 |
| University College Hospital | 12,000 |
| Total | £87,900 |