Reports of the Committee of Management and Medical Director for 1931 / Papworth Village Settlement.

  • Papworth Village Settlement (Cambridge, England)
Date:
1932
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Reports of the Committee of Management and Medical Director for 1931 / Papworth Village Settlement. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    23/32 page 19
    throughout the year, with a total of 870 attendances by 290 patients. * * * These activities are all capable of development, but are unfortunately handicapped by lack of funds. This condition prevents us from utilising to the full the opportunities for research which are afforded by the long periods of continuous observation rendered possible by village settlement conditions. As the Settlement grows, so does its social life become more and more varied. This year its variety has been increased by the addition of a sound film equipment. Its population, too, becomes more various by the arrival of men and women from many parts of the country and from many diverse walks of life. It is only in a geograph¬ ical sense that Papworth is a country village. It is a microcosm of Great Britain, with Yorkshiremen and Devonians living and working with men from Cambridgeshire, Warwick¬ shire, London and so on. Its developing society comprises men and women of every sort, workers by brain as well as by hand, and just as new communities everywhere require the services of all sorts and conditions of worker, so also does Papworth. I mention this lest it be thought that we have no place for any but manual workers. As it grows, Papworth will need architects as well as artisans and managers even more than mechanics. I cannot conclude my Report without thanking especially those who have helped us by bringing concert parties and dramatic companies for the enter¬ tainment of Papworth; and I must once again take this opportunity of expressing publicly my thanks to all those who are associated with me in this work; the Matron, Miss Borne; Dr. Stott; the medical, nursing and administrative staffs; and the managers and employees of the Industries, which are now employing more people than ever before. Last but not least my thanks are due to the Honorary Staff and the Committees. Without their aid so little could have been done: but with their continued support I feel we may regard the present with equa¬ nimity, and the future with confidence and hope. Pendrill C. Varrier-Jones.
    digitised image 1
    digitised image 2
    digitised image 3