Annual report : 1948-49 / Botleys Park Hospital Management Committee.

  • Botleys Park Hospital Management Committee.
Date:
1949
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report : 1948-49 / Botleys Park Hospital Management Committee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Indoor and outdoor recreational functions have also taken their appropriate place in the general scheme. Occupational Training of Patients This matter, of major importance to the Committee, has received considerable attention and the Committee have been gratified to note, what they consider to be, the excellent progress made, under the personal supervision of Dr. Paddle, in all sections and stages of the training. They were especially pleased with the institution of the School of Occupational Therapy which commenced in January 1949, and which appears to be the only one of its kind in existence. At present, there is an intake of six students per annum for a three- year course of training and instruction to enable them to sit for the examinations of the Association of Occupational Therapists by which body the School is officially recognised. Farm, Gardens and Estate Whilst the main purpose of the farm and gardens is to provide facilities for the training of the patients as part of the rehabilitation scheme, a very large quantity and variety of produce has been supplied for the use of the hospital. The up-grading of the Shorthorn Dairy Herd with a view to participating in the Attestation Scheme of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is in progress. Headway has been made in the lay-out of the grounds adjacent to the hospital building, such work having been in abeyance during the war. Several acres of land on the farm have been cleared of tree roots and brought under cultivation. Consideration has been given to the grounds attached to the various annexes of the Hospital and a policy laid down as to the most suitable cultivation and use of the particular areas. Four new houses for the staff are in course of erection, on the Estate. Structural Maintenance and Engineering Maintenance The Committee have been very impressed by the way in which these two departments have carried out their work and especialfy with the adaptations, of a Capital Expenditure nature, completed at Sherborne House and in progress at both the Royal Hostel and Brook House. Official Visit Two Commissioners and an Inspector of the Board of Control visited the Hospital on 19th September 1949.