Report of the Committee of Management and Medical Director : 1946 / Papworth Village Settlement.

  • Papworth Village Settlement (Cambridge, England)
Date:
1946
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Credit: Report of the Committee of Management and Medical Director : 1946 / Papworth Village Settlement. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The full cross-indexing of all articles, papers, communications and reprints received by the library has proved extremely useful. The title, author’s name and, frequently, a resume of the contents are typed in multiple on index slips, and each slip indexed under ALL the various sub-headings by which the article might conceivably require to be traced by a reader providing only partial reference. The present accommodation is inadequate, but it is hoped that before long more library space will become available. Clinical Chemistry Standard Urinalysis. 1,345 Special (quantitative) Urinalysis 324 Blood Chemistry . 41 Test Meals, C.S.F., etc., etc. 82 Food and Drugs, Other . 117 Analytical and Research Chemistry Histidinuria. 347 Post-Transfusion Haematuria 495 Milk (Phosphatase, etc.) 276 Water (Hardness, etc.) . 603 Other Miscellaneous . 342 Bacteriology and Haematology Sputum ; Direct Microscopy 2,353 ,, ,, ,, (Hunts C.C.) 108 ,, Fluorescence Microscopy 1,501 ,, Cultures for T.B. (No. of cases) ... ... ... 665 Cultures (all varieties, T.B. and others) 3,692 Microscopical Preparations ... 4,048 Animal Inoculations ... 23 Vaccines, Sensitivity test, etc. 147 Serological tests 14 Haematology 1,306 Other Activities Dispensing 567 Photography . 136 THE VILLAGE During the year, 2578 visits were paid to the homes of the settlers and staff in the village by the Village Sister. Eight babies were born to our families, all confinements taking place at the County Hospital, Cambridge. Childhood complaints were noticeably less than in 1945, and nothing approaching even a mild epidemic of any of the notifiable child¬ ren’s diseases was experienced. PAPWORTH INDUSTRIES 6. Tallyn, General Manager The beginning of the year found us with many problems to solve, not the least of which was the switchover from War- to Peace-time production. With the curtailment of Government con¬ tracts this called for careful forward planning. New outlets had to be found for our expanded productive capacity, against a background of shortage of raw materials, fuel and transport. In addition our plant required considerable overhauling and replacement. Nevertheless much progress was made and whilst there are still many difficulties ahead of us it is encour¬ aging to be able to report that :— MARKETS Practically the whole output of our Travel¬ ling-goods Department was earmarked for export. It has not been easy to keep up the high standard of Pendragon Luggage, with the inferior locks and fittings available, but by stylizing our lines and designing an entirely new type of suitcase lock, we have succeeded, not only regaining our old overseas customers, but have also been able to open new export business. Letters from our Agents in U.S.A., South America, Canada and Mexico have been appreciative, and speak of the demand in these countries for Pendragon products. In the Woodworking Departments new markets were opened for the Papworth Mammoth All-Electric Incubators in Turkey, Palestine, Kenya, South Africa, and Egypt, and these Departments also secured important contracts for re-furnishing many of the Cambridge and Oxford colleges. In addition to the considerable volume of work done for H.M.S.O., the Printing and Binding Department was successful in open¬ ing new accounts with some of the most famous Publishing Houses in the country, and it is indeed gratifying as a result of this to see the Pendragon Press Imprint becoming more and more evident in the bookshops and on the bookstalls. PLANT Having always before us our policy of pres¬ erving the energy of our disabled workers by the increased use of mechanical power, we have, with the sanction of the Committee of Management, made various additions to our plant. There is much more to be done in this direction as the requisite machinery becomes available. FUEL The shortage of fuel is likely to remain one of our major problems and it is therefore interesting to record that by various devices and the willing co-operation of the factory personnel we were able to make a saving of some 200 tons of solid fuel compared with the corresponding period last year. 1^3]