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In the case of patients whose homes have suitable yards or gardens,
shelters can be lent if the patient so desires. Under this arrangement the
patient is able to live and sleep in the open air, and, at the same time,
if there is overcrowding in the home, the use of a shelter is a very useful
means of alleviating such overcrowding. Owing to the district being
thickly populated, however, the use of Shelters cannot very often be
employed.
Patients requiring an extra bedstead, but who are unable to afford
this added expense, can be loaned a bedstead from the Dispensary. In
many cases this allows the patient to sleep alone even though the room
may, under difficult housing accommodation, have to be shared with
another member of the family.