Report of the Physician-Superintendent : 1957 / Manor Hospital Management Committee.

  • Manor Hospital Management Committee (Epsom, England)
Date:
1957
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Credit: Report of the Physician-Superintendent : 1957 / Manor Hospital Management Committee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    There is no male nurses’ home and thus resident male staff also use rooms off wards and ward corridors. The question of providing new resident staff accommodation at The Manor was raised some years ago ; but, without result, apart from the kind offer of a neighbouring mental hospital to provide accom¬ modation for nurses from The Manor on a temporary basis. Although the accommodation offered was superior none of The Manor nurses accepted the offer. Other staff amenities include a cafeteria, five sitting rooms, a television room, lecture room and the use of the recreation hall for various functions and games. Outdoor facilities include tennis courts and the use of the cricket and football grounds. The Manor Athletic and Social Club is subsidised by the Amenity Fund and plays a leading part in the organisation of staff recreations. MAJOR CONSTRUCTIONAL AND BUILDING DEVELOPMENTS Since the war the entire hospital has been redecorated internally and the corrugated iron hutments have been painted externally. The boundary fencing of the hospital estate has been almost completely renewed ; sanitary annexes to wards have been improved and hot and cold water supplies have been pro¬ vided in the rooms in the nurses’ home. Additional baths in female wards have been substituted for the equipment in the female general bath room which has been converted to other use. Verandahs off three wards have been enclosed and equipped with facilities for their conversion to isolation wards in the event of emergency arising. Enclosure of the main corridors of the hospital has been almost completed, the boiler house has been reconditioned, a laundry unit has been added to Hollywood Hostel, a chapel has been provided for R.C. patients and a patients’ canteen has been built off the visiting hall. In addition a great deal of war damage has been made good. Future Plans Future plans include the addition of a wing to the recreation hall to provide buffet and other facilities and another to improve arrangements for Church services. Modifications to the patients’ canteen to provide improved service and storage facilities are also being undertaken and it is hoped to provide more space and improved equipment for the domestic science class room in the school. Additional accommodation in the form of a new lecture and study room for nurses will also receive consideration if indications of an improvement in the recruitment of student nurses are maintained. Application has already been made for the capital expenditure involved in the purchase of electro-encephalographic equipment and it is hoped to open an E.E.G. department in the near future. Major (but costly) items of future planning are a new general kitchen and the building of a high security villa, self-sufficient in terms of industrial training and recreation, to accommodate about 30 male psychopathic cases and so replace N.l ward which so inadequately serves this purpose at present.
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