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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    Total number employed at 31.12.49 Women Men Total Patients ... 4 28 32 M. of L. Trainees ... 13 48 61 Colonists... ... 62 268 330 79 344 423 MINISTRY OF LABOUR TRAINING SCHEME Statistics for 1949 No. of Applications . 47 ,, ,, trainees commencing training 43 ,, ,, trainees at 31.12.49 ... 61 Hours Men Women Working 3 12 10 ,, 5 ... 12 8 ,, 6 ... 15 3 Applications Refused 3 No. of trainees terminating the year through : traini ing during (a) Sickness • • • 3 (b) Discharge home • • • 7 No. Colonized ... 19 Statistics for the period April 1948—December 1949 : No. of Applications—144 No. of trainees terminating training through : (a) Sickness . 19 (b) Awarded Pension ... I (c) Discharged home ... 24 (d) Unsatisfactory progress I No. of trainees colonized—36. INDUSTRIAL REPORT FOR 1949 Industrially speaking, we shall remember 1949 as the first in the immediate post-war years to cause anxiety. In the early Spring orders began to drop away, especially in the Woodworking Depart¬ ments, though this was due to the timber shortage. Work during this period was of a somewhat spasmodic nature, which made it very difficult to keep the production lines at full capacity. The resultant loss of output was a costly business, but on the whole we attained our main objective which was to avoid stock-piling at all costs. By summer the outlook had brightened considerably, and although the net result of the year’s work will not allow the creation of a large reserve fund, at least we were able under very difficult circumstances to function economically. Considerable progress has been made in developing what to us is an entirely new field, namely—car- and coach-body building. This class of work calls for the highest skill, and our earlier efforts in this direction were of an educational nature. As our operatives become more skilled, production is being stepped up to the point v/here we can see worthwhile results for our efforts. Substan¬ tial business in this line has been obtained and should prove a very welcome addition to our other activities, especially as the product is for export and therefore has the highest priority in the matter of materials. It is becoming more obvious every day that the heavy Purchase Tax on our leather travelling goods is slowly but surely killing the home market. It is therefore becoming more and more necessary for us to find an outlet for our surplus capacity in the vital Dollar Market. This problem is not peculiar to us, as the whole of the leather trade is affected. We are making headway, though slowly, and everything possible that can be done is being done. Valuable knowledge has been acquired, and promising contacts made, and it is the intention of the Management to follow every lead in a determined effort to break into this export market. It may perhaps be of interest to note here that when the Sadlers Wells Ballet made their successful tour of the United States the Premiere Ballerina—-Miss Margot Fonteyn— was equipped with a complete specially designed set of “Pendragon” luggage. This was greatly admired and has been of assistance to us in our efforts to publicize the “Pendragon” trade mark in the United States. In the field of design we have not been idle, and our earlier efforts have continued without interruption. As a result of this, much needed publicity has been obtained through¬ out the trading world in such Journals as :— Envoy. Spring 1949 Edition and September 1949 Edition. (The official Export Journal of the Leather, Footwear and Allied Industries Corporation.) International Review (French Travel Goods Magazine) Marketing Policy—Spring 1949. Vogue Export Book—B.I.F. Edition 1949. British Export Gazette—May 1949. Design (The official publication of the Design and Industries Association). British TradeJournalandExport World—June 1949. Tatler—June 1949. The Ambassador—September 1949. [7]