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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Dr. J. R. Lord, medical superintendent of Horton mental hospital. "Proceedings, Royal
Society of Medicine (Laryngology)" 1928.— "Sinusitis in the Etiology of Mental Disorder."
"Journal of Mental Science," July, 1928.—" Leonardo Bianchi, 1848-1927."
Messrs. Adlard & Son, Limited.—"The State Registration of Mental Nurses." "Journal
of Mental Science," October, 1928.—"Havelock Ellis." "Women's Employment,"
February, 1929.—"Mental Nursing." Numerous reviews in the Journal of Mental
Science.
Dr. R. G. B. Marsh, eighth assistant medical officer, Clayburv mental hospital, and Mr. S. A.
Mann, chief assistant to the pathologist, central pathological laboratory. "Journal of
Mental Science,"July, 1928.—" The significance of Urinary Reaction in Psychotic
Subjects."
Dr. J. C. Ramsay, eighth assistant medical officer, Claybury mental hospital. "Journal of
Mental Science." (to be published).—"Treatment of Idiopathic Epilepsy by Induced
Malaria."
Structural
alterations
and
additions.
Works of improvement, etc., at mental hospitals.
58. Alterations and additions to the buildings and fittings, and other structural works which have been carried out at the mental hospitals are set out below. The statement does not include minor works carried out at small cost:—
| Banstead menial hospital. | £ | s. | d. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modernisation of wards E and F | 6,313 | 13 | 5 |
| Cinematograph installation | 419 | 5 | 8 |
| Alterations to No. 7 ward | 64 | 2 | 10 |
| Fencing at Fairlawn Down Farm | 45 | 1 | 1 |
| Motor-cycle shed | 94 | 0 | 1 |
| Lavatory for male patients | 62 | 11 | 5 |
| Road to rain-water tank | 41 | 11 | 1 |
| Driving gear, etc., for vegetable paring machine | 42 | 17 | 5 |
| Alterations to padded room | 109 | 11 | 9 |
| Improvements to main store larder | 12 | 3 | 1 |
| Conversion of window to doorway, D1 ward | 14 | 18 | 10 |
| Fish fryer, main kitchen | 119 | 8 | 5 |
| Draining airing courts | 143 | 19 | 5 |
| Gas hot table, main kitchen | 79 | 9 | 0 |
| Fence at K ward verandah | 12 | 5 | 4 |
| Alterations to laundry and provision of two washing machines | 595 | 18 | 2 |
| Iron fronts to piggeries | 136 | 17 | 1 |
| Renewal of force pump | 80 | 16 | 1 |
| Dough mixing machine | 56 | 2 | 0 |
| * Nurses' tennis court | 63 | 9 | 3 |
| Verandah, G1 ward | 10 | 8 | 10 |
| Electric lighting, stage and operating room | 299 | 1 | 3 |
| Electric lighting, recreation hall | 164 | 3 | 10 |
| Ultra-violet ray apparatus | 52 | 11 | 2 |
| Modernisation of sanitary annexes to wards D1 and D2 | 496 | 12 | 1 |
| Fencing at farm | 165 | 17 | 5 |
| Tennis court, Portnalls | 19 | 12 | 10 |
| Power-driven hair-carding machine | 101 | 15 | 2 |
| Boiler and shed at piggeries | 16 | 3 | 7 |
| Rearrangement of laundry steeping tanks | 21 | 0 | 3 |
| Medical examination room | 22 | 4 | 4 |
| Verandah, B1 ward | 297 | 15 | 1 |
| Accommodation for painters' clothing | 13 | 5 | 6 |
| Adaptation of isolation hospital as cottage home | 283 | 4 | 5 |
| Poultry house | 199 | 2 | 8 |
| Screens to visitors' conveniences | 19 | 17 | 1 |
| Lamp and radiator, light treatment room | 40 | 12 | 1 |
| Castors to infirmary bedsteads | 42 | 19 | 8 |
| Milking installation | 367 | 13 | 3 |