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of the Central Home and Forest House. In addition, during the
winter, band concerts with male patient artists are arranged each
month, at which all the male and female patients who are able to
do so attend. These concerts are very popular and are eagerly
looked forward to by the patients, and the entertainment given is
very good.
During the Christmas festivities a female patients' dance
is arranged and the hospital band provides the dance music.
The band is under the direction of Mr. Mason, the head
gardener. Mr. Mason is deserving of special mention for his work
in this direction. The work he undertakes in connection with the
running of the band is purely voluntary, and is done in his own
time.
The main dining hall is fitted with a sound apparatus, and
every Friday evening during the months October to March, a
two-and-a-half hours' film show is given. This is attended by the
made and female patients with the appropriate staff in attendance,
and is eagerly looked forward to each week.
In addition, the patients, in the care of members of the
stall", are permitted to attend a cinema outside the hospital once
each week. They usually attend in parties of 25 to 30.
The female patients are also permitted to take exercise
walks outside the hospital for the purpose of shopping. These
outings are much appreciated, and are beneficial to the patients.
During the year a large number of the patients were
allowed out on holiday leave in the care of their parents.
Denial treatment. The hospital is visited weekly by the
dentist, and cases referred by the medical officers are dealt with
by him.
Psychiatrist. During the year the services of a visiting
psychiatrist were approved, and this has proved a great help in
dealing with the difficult cases. Dr. Somerville, Medical Superintendent
of the West Ham Mental Hospital, or one of his
assistants, acts in this capacity.
PSYCHOLOGICAL CLINICS.
Reference has been made in previous annual reports to the
West Ham Nerve Clinic which was opened six years ago as a
centre at which preliminary investigation could be made into
minor nervous disorders, either with a view to the treatment of
the patient at the clinic or to facilitating his admission to the
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