Report of the Committee of Management and Medical Director : 1944 / Papworth Village Settlement.

Papworth Village Settlement (Cambridge, England)

Date:: 1944

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Credit: Report of the Committee of Management and Medical Director : 1944 / Papworth Village Settlement. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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appear to be little prospect of any early improvement. Highly qualified nursing sisters are, still obliged to take the place of cooks when the latter take their much needed holidays. Among other matters in which the Committee have been glad to be concerned has been the com¬ missioning of a portrait of Miss Borne, by Mr. Moynihan, part of the cost of which was borne by Papworth patients and settlers, both past and present. The portrait which hence¬ forth occupies an honoured position at Papworth Hall, at the present time is on exhibition at Burlington House. The Committee were also pleased to sanction the production of a film of Papworth, sponsored by the British Council, for exhibition abroad. In October, Sir Reginald Wingate signified to the Committee his wish to retire from the post of Chairman of the Settlement, which he had accepted as a temporary measure, following the sudden death of the Marquess of Willingdon. His resig¬ nation was received with very great regret, but the Committee are happy to say that through his good offices the Marquess of Linlithgow has con¬ sented to accept nomination and has since been elected Chairman. It is with deep regret that the Committee record the death of Sir Humphry Roiieston, Bt., President of the Settlement from 1925 to 1934, and Lady Roiieston has now been obliged to relinquish her membership of the Committee of Management, of which she has been a most valuable member since her election in 1926. The Committee is also glad to announce that the Earl of Sandwich and Capt. R. G. Briscoe, M.P., the Lords Lieutenants respectively of Huntingdon and Cambridgeshire, have kindly consented to become Vice- Presidents of the Settlement, and in addition Capt. Briscoe has become a Member, and has been elected to the Committee. The work of the Hospital Guild throughout the year has been most helpful, and the Committee are deeply indebted to Mrs. Shore and her Com¬ mittee and to members of the Guild for their unfailing interest in our work. The Medical Consultative Com¬ mittee has continued to be of the greatest assistance to the Committee, as also has been the work of the Medical Research Board, under the Chairmanship of Sir Arthur MacNalty. The Honorary Staff, which during the year has been strengthened by the appointment of Dr. C. H. Whittle, as Hon. Dermatologist, and Mr. Oswald Lloyd as Hon. Gynaecologist, has been at all times available to our medical staff for advice and help, and the Committee are most grateful to them for theirinterest and assistance. To our donors and subscribers to the general funds, the Committee are deeply indebted for their continued generosity despite heavy taxation and the many war-time calls ; their help is greatly needed, for after five years of war, there is much to be done if Papworth is to hold its own in the field of tuberculosis work. In conclusion the Committee, would like to express their thanks to the Hon. Medical Director, Air Com¬ modore R. R. Trail, for his untiring efforts in the cause of Papworth, and to all the staff at Papworth, who, by their devotion to duty, have shown that they have the interests of Papworth at heart. J. E. BIDWELL, Chairman. [4]