Report of the Committee of Management and Medical Director : 1949 / Papworth Village Settlement.

  • Papworth Village Settlement (Cambridge, England)
Date:
1949
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Credit: Report of the Committee of Management and Medical Director : 1949 / Papworth Village Settlement. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to be maintained, and the management is to be congratulated on its efforts. Expansion is still necessary, particul¬ arly in the Cabinet-making depart¬ ment, and plans are going forward for the necessary extension to the building. It is with deep regret that we have to record the death of Lord Queen- borough, one of our Vice Presidents, and three Members of the Settlement, Dr. J. N. Keynes, Dr. A. E. Barclay and Mrs. Marcus Dimsdale. Dr. Barclay was for many years Honorary Consulting Radiologist to the Settle¬ ment, while Mrs. Marcus Dimsdale, our first Honorary Secretary, had played a tremendous part in laying the foundation on which Papworth was built. The Committee was sorry, too, to receive the resignation of Miss E. M. Boake who felt obliged to give up her membership of the Committee owing to pressure of other work. In her place, the Committee feel it has been fortunate in co-opting the services of Mr. Bernard Matthew. The Rev. G. W. F. Coupe, Chaplain to the Settlement, has now been appointed official Hospital Chaplain and the Committee wish to congratul¬ ate him upon being selected to succeed the late Rev. A. N. Cook as Rector of the Parish. The Committee was glad to give leave to the Medical Director, Dr. R. R. Trail, and the Industrial Manager, Mr. B. Tailyn, to visit the United States Zone of Germany at the request of the International Refugee Organiza¬ tion to advise on the feasibility of setting up a Village Settlement to deal with the many displaced persons suffering from tuberculosis. Finally, I should like once again to place on record the Committee’s indebtedness to the many generous subscribers to our Appeal Fund, and to the members of the Papworth Guild for their continued interest in our work ; and to express our thanks to the Medical Director and all the staff for their loyal and devoted service. RICHARD BRISCOE, Chairman. Report of the Medical Director IN view of the changed conditions consequent on the introduction of the Health Act my report is now confined to the rehabilitation side of Papworth’s activities. This is, of course, difficult to define strictly in view of our continued belief that in practice, as against theory, one cannot divorce rehabilitation from treatment, of which it is an integral part. It begins with the admission of the patient and continues beyond the time limit for treatment agreed be¬ tween the Committee of Management and the Regional Board. The main problem of the year has been the repercussion on the Settle¬ ment of the closure of beds in the Bernhard Baron Block ov/ing to shortage of nurses. Patients have in the past graduated to the status of “patient-worker” in sufficient num¬ bers to support our scheme of rehabilitation of “the middle case” : the case that is neither convalescent after efficient treatment and therefore in need of “vocational training” only, nor hospitalized and therefore fit only for “occupational therapy”. The modern attitude, in face of nursing [5]