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BIRMINGHAM.—The Executive Board of the Birmingham Hospitals Centre, of which Sir Charles Grant Robertson is chairman, has decided to proceed immediately with the provision of the new hospital at Edgbaston on the site of 100 acres adjoining the University given by Messrs. Cadbury Brothers. The first instalment is to consist of 500 beds. This scheme (which has been suspended for many months in consequence of the national financial stringency) is of vital importance to the University, the Medical School of which is to be housed in buildings forming part of the hospitals centre. It has been disclosed that a contribution of £52,000, hitherto anonymous, was made by Sir William Morris (of Morris Motors Ltd.) on the understanding that the work should be begun by January 1, 1933. A donation of £100,000 was made by Mr. Harry Vincent, treasurer of the fund, and another contribution, by an anonymous donor, of £50,000 has been received. The total cost of buildings and equipment is estimated at above £718,000, of which more than £647,000 has already been contributed or promised.
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University and Educational Intelligence. Nature 130, 856–857 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130856b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/130856b0