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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    REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT, 1946. In presenting the Report of the Com¬ mittee of Management for 1946 I am glad to be in a position to record another satisfactory year. Every ef¬ fort has been made during the year to press forward with the expansion of the Settlement, a matter which could not be dealt with during the war years. We have appointed Mr. A. E. T. Mort, F.R.I.B.A., of Winchester, Architect to the Settlement. Mr. Mort has also been appointed Architect for the Enham-Alamein Settlement as it was considered desirable to have the two kindred Settlements of Papworth and Enham-Alamein developed on similar lines. Mr. Mort’s plans for the exten¬ sion of the Surgical Unit and for a new Sanatorium in the South Park have now been approved by the Ministry of Health, and it is hoped to proceed with these extensions forthwith. The Zon¬ ing Sub-Committee have also approved in general principle the proposed fut¬ ure lay-out for the whole Settlement, and Mr. Mort is now engaged in prep¬ aring details of the scheme. Thanks to the generous support and initiative of Mrs. R. G. Edwards, O.B.E., the fund to provide a Children’s Home has now reached its target of £20,000, and the plans for the proposed Home to be known as the “Edith Edwards Children’s Home’’, which were prep¬ ared by Mr. Connell, A.R.I.B.A., and approved some time ago, are now In hand and it is hoped to proceed with this building shortly. In order to provide the best possible environment for the children of the Settlement, the Committee recently entered into negotiations with the Cambridgeshire County Council for the erection of a new School, and a pro¬ visional scheme has been approved which will include a three-class Junior and Infant School, together with a Nursery Class. In order to meet the pressing need for family housing in the Settlement, the Committee approved designs for a type of prefabricated bungalow to be built in the Workshops at Papworth. A licence was obtained and twelve have already been erected, and are proving satisfactory ; they are Indeed extreme¬ ly popular with the Settlers. Side by side with this development it has been possible to construct three pairs of brick-built houses during the year with a view to meeting the claims of colon¬ ists for permanent houses. During the year the Settlement, in common with all Nursing Institutions, has experienced the greatest possible difficulty In maintaining the nursing and domestic staff needed to conform with the standards now in force, and it was unfortunately found necessary to close down twenty male beds. Advant¬ age was taken of the Government sch¬ eme for the employment of displaced persons from the Baltic States, and the first party of seventeen took up their duties in July. Further numbers have been employed since, and it has been found possible by these means to re¬ lieve the nursing staff of a large part of the domestic work which they were previously obliged to undertake. The [4]