HOSPITAL WEEK MOVEMENTThe above movement though late has been taken up with praise-worthy energy this year, a very zealous committee, with the Rev. Canon Barker president, and Mr. J. Warren secretary, having engaged to do the work, and as the result of their appeal £28 5s. 8½d. has been collected. Of this £15 has been sent as a subscription from the Rushden Club and Reading-room, and letters are to be taken to that amount for the use of the inhabitants or such of them as may want them, the letters to be in the names of the president and secretary. The remainder was sent to the committee of the Northampton Hospital Week Fund. The amount is £4 in excess of any previous year.

HOSPITAL WEEK It is customary, and has been several years, to make a house to house collection Rushden on behalf of the Northampton Infirmary, collections being also made at the shoe factories, many of the persons employed in them being householders. A printed appeal is at every house in the parish, stating the, act and date of the collection; and for collecting purposes the parish is divided into 19 or 20 districts. It being announced that a considerable portion of the amount collected would be used to obtain letters for the Infirmary no difficulty was found in obtaining contributions, the general experience of the collectors being that whatever is given is given cheerfully, so as to make the task of collection a pleasant one, the refusals being exceedingly rare. This year the collection was made on Saturday July 21st, when the amount realised was £30 14s. 4d., an increase of nearly £3 upon the previous. The only expense was 8s. 6d. for printing, and the balance £11 7s. 10d. was sent to the Hospital Committee, the remaining £18 18s. being forwarded as a subscription to the Northampton Infirmary. This subscription is sent in the name of Rushden Club and Reading-room, with which club the movement in Rushden originated, and the committee of which is the recognised Hospital Week Committee of the parish.

The Rushden Echo, 13th January 1928, transcribed by Kay Collins

The Risdene Vagabonds Concert Party gave a concert at the Co-operative Hall on Tuesday in aid of the Rushden Hospital Week Committee’s funds. The items were all much appreciated by the fair company present.

Rushden Hospital Week Fund - Largest Amount Ever Raised Over £180
The annual meeting of the committee and collectors was held in the Free Library on Friday evening last. The Rector (the Rev. Percy Robson) presided, and there were present: Messrs. J. Claridge, J.P., C.C. and J. T. Colson (hon. Secretaries), W. B. Madin (auditor), Panter, Harlow, Page, Scrimshaw, Bryan, Miller, Smith, Hardwick, Hyde, Hills and Baxter.

Mr. Claridge presented the accounts, showing collections from house-to-house £48/6/7, from factories, £92/14/5½, schools, £2/7/7½. There was a balance in hand of ½. There was a balance in hand of 31/2/5. And the Charity Trustees gave £10/0/0, making the total receipts £183/5/7, the largest amount ever received. The expenses of the collections, etc., were £1/5/6.

The Chairman moved the adoption of the accounts, which he considered very satisfactory. The resolution was carried.

It was decided to send £5/5/0 to Bedford Hospital, and to increase the Northampton Hospital gift to £63. Messrs. Hill, Page, and Baxter were added to the committee.