BRITI814. SEAMEN'S.. HOSPITAL AT MARSEILLES [To the Editor of the
SPECTATOR.] SIR,,-After a period extending over some years, there has now been completed in this important city and port the,. Queen Alexandra Manorial Hospital (formerly known as the; "Marseilles British Merchant Seamen's Hospital"). I therefore_ venture to seek the hospitality of your columns in order that I may express the heartfelt gratitude of all concerned to those, many good friends whose generosity has achieved the completion
of this work. _
The final sum of 15,000 required for the completion of the fabric and the equipment of the wards was received in the spring of last year, 'and on September 2nd the first patient' .was admitted. -Since that date__ continuous demands have been made for the treatment-of the sick and injured both in the general and in the private wards. On New Year's Day; 1928, the entire control and administration of this hospital was entrusted to the care of the Seamen's Hospital Society of Greenwich, so that the Queen Alexandra Memorial Hospital in Marseilles has become the seventh branch of that ancient and trusted Corporation.—I am, Sir, &c.,
SPENCER S. DICKSON,
H.M. Consul-General.; Ii.M. Consulate-General, Marseilles.
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