Report of the Committee of Management and Medical Director : 1947 / Papworth Village Settlement.

  • Papworth Village Settlement (Cambridge, England)
Date:
1947
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Credit: Report of the Committee of Management and Medical Director : 1947 / Papworth Village Settlement. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ling without delay auxiliary generators, and it is satisfactory to report that the workshops were able to restart at full capacity without suffering any serious setback. Every effort was made during the year to increase the export market, and a decision was reached to establish an agency in the United States for the sale of the Industries’ Travel and Leather Goods. During the year it has been possible to complete thirteen prefabricated houses, built entirely in our own work¬ shops, and these houses have proved very popular with Settlers. In addition three pairs of permanent brick-built houses designed on the Settlement’s model plans have been completed. A start was made during the year in the building of the first wing of the new South Park Block for which a licence was obtained after much delay. At the beginning of the year at the request of the Medical Director a Social Worker living in the Settlement, Miss Taylor-Davies, was appointed and her work amongst the patients has proved most valuable. The two new Members of the Com¬ mittee Lady Whitby and Miss E. M. Boake with the addition of Capt. Briscoe and Mr. Macfarlane Grieve, have been appointed as a House Committee to superintend in con¬ junction with the Medical Director and the Matron the running of the Hospitals, Hostels, etc. We have to report with much regret the death of our Ophthalmic Surgeon, Mr. W. G. Watson. We have appointed Dr. Graham Wright as his successor. Professor Paterson Ross who has been a member of the Medical Consul¬ tative Committee since its foundation has, to our great regret, been obliged to resign owing to pressure of work. The thanks of the Management are due to him for his valuable interest and help in the development of Papworth in the past. Mr. O. S. Tubbs, our Visiting Thor¬ acic Surgeon, resigned in November, owing to pressure of work connected with his London appointments. A new appointment has been made, after advertising in conjunction with Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, for a Thoracic Surgeon for the Region, in Mr. Kent Harrison who has now taken up his duties. With a view to altered conditions under the National Health Service we have at the request of the Education Council of Cambridge University and Addenbrooke’s Hospital (the Teaching Hospital for the Region), undertaken to accept Post-Graduate Students in Chest Diseases at Papworth, and in order to provide the necessary accom¬ modation we have purchased a private residence in the neighbourhood known as Wimpole Lodge which can be used as a Hostel and will accommodate up to twenty Students. Our very grateful thanks are due to the Members of the Honorary and Visiting Staffs and to the Hospital Guild for their valuable help which is genuinely appreciated. Mention must also be made of the special effort made by the Guild, on the initiative of Lady Whitby, in starting a Mattress Fund by means of which all the 200 hospital beds have been supplied with interior spring mattresses. Finally the Committee desires to express grateful recognition of the ever loyal and devoted service rend¬ ered during the year by the Medical Director and all members of the Staff, both Hospital and Industrial. J. E. BIDWELL, Chairman. [7]