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Patients receive instruction in the following items:-Singing,
Percussion Band, Physical Training, Educational Games, Sense
Training, Speech Training, Stool Weaving, Rug Work, and
various form of Handwork.
Some of the children have half-hour's rest on beds and mats
after dinner; the rest have the time out in the garden, if fine: in
the music room if wet.
Almost all take their turn in laying dinner tables, handing
dinners round, washing and wiping-up.
The cutlery is cleaned on Friday afternoons by the older
girls and boys.
Free milk is given to all on the register.
A Christmas party was held on December 21st, 1948, to
which 21 parents were invited—all but one attended.
The efforts of the work done by the patients were put on
exhibition, and the parents were greatly interested.
Number on register May, 1948 10
Number on register December, 1948 21
Sessions open whole day 90
Total attendance 1,528
Average attendance per session 16.9
Number of children left Nil
Number of children admitted 11
Ambulance Service.
No difficulty was experienced in arranging the necessary
transport for Mental Health patients by the Corporation
ambulances. A panel of names of female and male assistants
upon whom the Authorised Officers could call was available.
These were all experienced personnel from the observation wards
of Mayday Hospital.