Minutes and Special Reports

Additional material in this volume relates to and includes supply and circulation of newspapers and magazines, and wireless receiver; investments account; electricity supply and Electricity Distribution Scheme; staff housing and the Housing (Scotland) Acts; sewage and purification works; fruit and vegetables supplied from the gardens; value of staff emoluments; salaries of Assistant Medical staff; employment of temporary labour in gardens and grounds; proposed central recreational and therapeutic building; staff motor cars; proposal to plant timber on estate; Artesian Well and the special value and utility of its unique water supply and the radioactivity of well waters; inspection of Service patients by Ministry of Pensions; potential coal strike and notice regarding coal consumption and use of light and water; Male and Female Nursing staff conditions of service and pay scales; driving arrangements for motor cars and horse carriages; candidates for Dr C. C. Easterbrook's successor and selection of Dr P. K. McCowan; Crichton Laundry machinery and plant; equipment costs and staffing for Easterbrook Hall; Brownhall School water supply and drainage; accommodation for married male staff; report by Dr R. L. Beveridge, Surgeon, regarding a staff accident; and distribution of staff and patients in buildings and wards.

1933-1937

1 volume

A new class of patient, the Service Patient, was established during the First World War after an agreement was made with the War Office to admit these patients at a fixed rate of board into the Third Department of Crichton Royal Institution, with their board being paid by the Ministry of Pensions. These patients were Soldiers and Sailors who had served during the First World War and had been admitted to an asylum due to mental illness caused or aggravated by their period of service. This scheme was later extended to Officers, with the Ministry of Pensions paying a higher fixed rate of board for their admission into the First Department of the hospital. Patients continued to be classified as Service Patients during the interwar years and the Second World War.

Artesian Well and Water Supply, DGH1/3/3/5

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