Annual report : 1948 / Stone House.

  • Stone House Hospital (Dartford, England)
Date:
1948
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Credit: Annual report : 1948 / Stone House. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3 Fifteen post mor terns were carried out. A* RAYc With the X-ray plant considered too dangerous for use, X- ray examinations were either performed at West Hill Hospital, Dart- ford, or when necessary, Portable X-rays (British Pod Cross) were utilised, and the patients concerned were thereby X-rayed at stone House. OUT ■- PA TTENT ACTIVITIES. A considerable number of patients ’on trial’ or discharged from |hospital care have attended the clinic at 5, Church Passage,~Guildhal] I There is no question, to my mind, this clinic in the rehabilitation of the usefulness of the work and follow-up of patients. of Dr. Bernard Cates has continued his out-patient work at St, [John’s Hospital, Lewisham, and at rhe Livingstone Hospital, Dartford. I havo continued my weekly out-patient clinics at the Royal Free [Hospital and at the Gravesend and North Kent Hospital. Dr. J. Pearse 'assists mo at the latter hospital. ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES. Clinical staff conferences were instituted and held on most Saturday mornings. During the latter part of the year, medical students of the Royal Free Hospital attonded Stone House for clinical demonstrations given by myself. Two clinical meetings organised by the local British Medical Association were held at the hospital July 6th July 2End Publicstion Dr. Worstor Drought on Intracranial Tumours. Dr.P.Thompson Hancock on Carcinoma of the Stomach. ’’The Role of Vitamin Deficiency in Nervous and Mental Disorders” The Medical Press March 10th 1948, by myself. OCCUPATIONAL and RECREATIONAL THERAPY. The number of patients attending the Occupational Therapy Centre has been satisfactory and. ha s tended to increas e during the year. Approximately, 30 to 50 patients of each sex have attended each week-day. Ward classes have been operative for some years past and although tho activities in the female Admission ward and Ward Z are satisfactory, there is still ample scope for improvement through out the hospital as a whole. In essence, the imp rovomemts should be effected by an increase in suitably trained staff and a concomitant increase in materials. There would appear to be a strong case for increase in the establishment of the Occupation Therapy Department. During the year, the Occupation Therapist has introduced physical training classes for the female patients and these have proved popular Country dancing classes have been held each week, with male and female patients taking part. During the summer, Miss Giles commenced a be¬ ginners’ class in Tennis. Indoor ball games have been introduced for less active patients. A musical afternoon has been held in the ’’Games Room” (of the Occupation Therapy Centre) every Monday for male and female patients, when games, old time dancing and singing form part of tho activities.