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| AdminHistory | The Pension Fund was established soon after the foundation of the Hospital by Johanna Chandler with the help of her brother Edward Chandler to provide small pensions for persons incapacitated by incurable nervous diseases and in destitute circumstances. In alloting pensions preference was given to persons who had become impoverished as a result of nervous illnesses, but in some cases the donors of capital sums were allowed to nominate the first recipient. Though the fund was financially independent of the Hospital, the election of pensioners was entrusted to the Board of Management. [Gordon Holmes, 'The National Hospital, Queen Square', (Edinburgh and London, 1954)] |