Sixty-eighth annual report of the County and City of Worcester Mental Hospital, Powick, for 1920-21, and financial statements.

  • County and City of Worcester Mental Hospital (Powick)
Date:
1921
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Credit: Sixty-eighth annual report of the County and City of Worcester Mental Hospital, Powick, for 1920-21, and financial statements. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    19/52 (page 17)
    Apart from Tuberculosis, the only instances of infective disease have been six cases of Dysentery and two of Typhoid Fever among the patients and one case of the latter disease in a member of the Staff. Casualities of at all a serious nature have been limited to five cases of fractured bones, the circumstances of which do not call for mention. The weekly maintenance charges are 28/- for home and 29/9 to 30/- for Out-County and Private Patients. The Nursing Staff, who are now working on a 60 hour basis inclusive of meals with a fortnight’s holiday every six months, consists of— M. F. T. Charge ... ... ... ... 7 10 17 Ordinary ... ... ... ... 36 40 76 Night ... ... ... ... 8 8 16 We feel sure that Dr. Fenton will use his many years experience of this Institution to maintain the traditional comfort of its Patients and to develop its resources for treat¬ ment along modern lines. Fie has the assistance of one permanent and one temporary colleague. (Signed) A. Id. TREVOR, j Commissioners of the (Signed) C. HUBERT BOND, f Board of Control.