Items like this cheque came to light during the renovation of the old hospital. They give an insight into the purchases of the hospital, from little items like the one below to huge purchases of things like 10 hundredweight of paraffin soap for £27, 30 hundredweight of beef, 48 flower pots, 100 saucers, 50 grave markers, 1000 bricks from Arlesey brick works, 1 dozen bananas, 40 oranges.
In October 1929 the hospital hired 4 films from the Portsmouth Film Service at a cost of £5, 4 shillings and 2 pence. Tuning of the hospital pianos for 1 year cost £8, 14 shillings. 30 hundredweight of fruit jam was £45, 17 shillings and 6 pence. 2 dairy cows cost £65.00. 5 tons of moist sugar was £84, and £49 was paid to the First Garden City Electric Co.
