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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    nursing staff, however, still remains below its proper establishment, and the work is very heavy owing partly to the type of cases we have recently been asked to admit. In spite of the increased salaries re¬ quired under the Rushcliffe scale for nursing staff, the salaries payable to nurses still compare unfavourably with the wages paid to domestic workers in hospitals. The adoption also of the National Scales of payment for Hospital Admin¬ istrative Staff, for Laboratory Workers and Technical Assistants, and the form¬ ation of a National Joint Council for Hospital Domestic Staffs, have all re¬ sulted in increased salaries and wages. During the year considerable repairs and painting were undertaken at the Bernhard Baron Hospital and the Princess Hospital, and at the latter the whole of the exterior wooden doors and windows were replaced by steel. We are very pleased to welcome the return of Dr. L. B. Stott to Papworth after his seven years’ service with the R.A.M.C. both at home, and in France and North Africa. He has now re¬ sumed his duties as Chief Medical Officer, to the satisfaction of the Com¬ mittee and the whole Settlement. Dr. D. MacCallum, who acted as Chief Medical Officer during the war, has now taken up his duties in the cor¬ responding post at Enham-Alamein where his experience at Papworth will be Invaluable in the development of that Settlement now in progress. On the recommendation of the Med¬ ical Committee, Dr. Lissant Cox was appointed Visitor for 1946 and we are very grateful for the valuable report he has made on the work of the Settlement. It was a matter of great regret that Mr. John Hunter, the eminent surgeon who has done so much for Papworth, was prevented by illness from deliver¬ ing the Varrier-Jones Memorial Lecture for 1946 but we are very glad to report his satisfactory recovery and the re¬ newal of his help and interest in the work of the Settlement. We have also to report with very great regret the death of Sir Walter Langdon Brown, a serious loss to the Committee of Management and to the Medical Consultative Committee. The crea¬ tion of the latter Committee was mainly due to his initiative and his interest in Papworth was unflagging and of the greatest value. Miss E. M. Robinson who has carried out the duties of Acting Matron since 1943 has now been installed as Matron, and the value of her work and influence in the Settlement Is fully recognized. We are also pleased to report the return of Miss E. M. Prentice as Assis¬ tant Matron after service during the War In the Q.A.I.M.N.S. With the approval of the Committee, the Medical Director accepted an invitation from the Government of Czechoslovakia to visit that country and advise the Government on the establishment of a Village Settlement on the model of Papworth. In recognition of his mili¬ tary service the Medical Director was awarded the Czechoslovak Order of Merit 1st Class (with crossed swords). In the Industrial Department we have lost the services of Mr. P. M. G. Fraser who has resigned his position as Managing Director to take up a farming career. The Committee wish to record their sincere thanks for the valuable help given by Mr. Fraser during the years of his residence at Papworth and for his interest in the well-being of the Settlement. Mr. Tallyn, the General Manager of the Industries, has obtained election as [6]