Hull Royal Infirmary : an account of the opening of the new north west wing and out-patients' department, together with a description of the further proposed alterations and enlargements of the building.

Date:
[1885]
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Credit: Hull Royal Infirmary : an account of the opening of the new north west wing and out-patients' department, together with a description of the further proposed alterations and enlargements of the building. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    OPENING OF THE NEW WING. The new north-west wing of this building having been completed, it was opened by the Eight Honorable Lord Herries (Lord-Lieutenant of the East Riding), and the Mayor (Dr. Eollit), on the 6th November, 1885. The invited guests were received in the Board Eoom by the Chairman, Mr. Henry Simpson, and the Board of Management, and afterwards proceeded to the new wing, accompanied by the Architect, Mr. Saxon Snell, and the Builder, Mr. Jackson, where prayers were offered by the Eeverend George J. J. Cox. Mr. H. Simpson presided, and was supported by Lord Herries (Lord-Lieutenant of the East Eiding), the Mayor, (Dr. Eollit),the Sheriff (Dr. King), Mr. C. M. Norwood, M.P., Colonel Smith, M.P., Colonel Goddard, Mr. Arthur Wilson, Eevs. Canon McCormick, Canon Eowsell, H. W. Kemp, and G. J. J. Cox (chaplain of the Institution); Drs. Daly, Elliott, F. Nicholson, Lunn, Craven, Sherburn, E. H. B. Nicholson, and Thompson; Messrs. W. E. King, Alderman Fountain, D. Burton, J. E. Wade, W. T. Dibb, E. Dixon, T. Stratten, J. D. Holmes, T. B. Holmes, W. Sissons, E. H. Dawe, Town Clerk, Consul-General Good, Colonel Pudsey, J. T. O'Brien, H. Wilson, J. H. Hill, J. M. Hamilton, G. Jackson (contractor), Councillors Jarman and Briggs, &c, &c. Letters of apology for non-attendance were