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Convalescent Home,
Osborne, Isle of Wight,
For Officers of the Navy and Army, presenl
to the Nation by His late Majesty
King Edward VII.
Telegraphic Address - - CONVALESCENT, OSBORNE.
Osborne is open for the reception of convalescent officers
.Navy and Army. Officers will be received at Osborne on the re<
mendation of the Director-General of the Medical Departmei
their respective Services, to whom all applications for admis
should be addressed.
As, regards the Navy, medical officers at home and abroad !
submit the names of officers for whom they advise treatment
Osborne to the Medical Director-General of the Navy.
The accommodation at Osborne, which will be divided eqi
botwcen the two Services, will provide for 84 officers.
The usual fees are remitted during the War.
The duration of the stay of officers at Osborne will be dei
mined by the Medical Director-General of the Navy, who w
.guided by the reports received from the Medical Officer at Osb
Eetired officers of the Navy and Army are admitted into Osb
-only under the following conditions: —
a. If there is a vacant room at Osborne and there i
pressure for admission of officers on the Active
b. That the disease or injury from which the offi
suffering is " directly attributable to the Service."
c. That the officer has retired from the Service within
years from the date of the application for adnu
- d. That the Director-General of the Service concerned
sole judge of the fitness of the case (medicall
admission.
Any officer may obtain information about the Convalescent
for Officers of the Navy and Army at Osborne by writing direct
House Governor and Medical Superintendent, Osborne, Isle of W