Annual report : 1945 / Royal Berkshire Hospital.

  • Royal Berkshire Hospital
Date:
1945
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Credit: Annual report : 1945 / Royal Berkshire Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    necessitates rest and quiet, must sleep in the same room as four other members of the family, or the family with a delicate child must share an already overcrowded house with one in which there is tuberculosis. Sometimes it is not possible to do more than report these cases to the Housing Department or to show the patient appreciation of the position, but we hope that the time is not far distant when it will be possible for these, and many more priority claims to be met. Much of our home-visiting, in and around the district, has been undertaken by Welfare Officers who have given most valuable help, but we are looking forward next year to developing, in our own Department, this and the after-care side of the work. During the year we have had visits from several sociology students eager to see an Almoner’s Department at work, and perhaps I can best sum up in the words of one student, “ It is quite obvious that an Almoner does not have a chance to stagnate.” In conclusion, I would like to thank all who have given so much ungrudging help on behalf of the patients for, without their assistance and co-operation, it would have been difficult to accomplish so much. A E Platt, A Imoner.
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