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accepts this offer, the problem of the transport of the patients
will be simplified.
Local rules for the orderly running of the Home—e.g., fixing
bed-time, meal-times, & c.—have been drawn up by the Matron.
Treatment while in the Home.
Patients will be expected to make their own beds and tidy
their bedrooms, and to wash, dress and feed their own babies.
Any other help which they give in the Home will be entirely
voluntary and at the discretion of the Matron. A certain amount
of prejudice exists against convalescent homes on account of the
restrictions usually imposed, and at Fairby Grange as great a
measure of freedom as is compatible with order and comfort will
be allowed. At the same time, the Matron and her assistant
will be expected to instruct mothers, individually and tactfully
as opportunity occurs, in the general hygiene of pregnancy, of
infant life—e.g., feeding, exercise, sleep, &c.
It is hoped that a considerable proportion of ante-natal cases
will be admitted, and there is no doubt that sympathetic and
judicious instruction will be valuable in these cases.
Medical Supervision.
The Medical Officer of Health will exercise general supervision
and visit the convalescent home as often as may be
necessary. In case of emergency, arrangements have been made
to call in a local practitioner. Patients will be expected to pay
their own medical fees.
Date of Opening.
Up to the date of writing over 40 applications for admission
have been received. In order that what remains of Summer
weather should not be wasted, six mothers, five babies and two