I told -pother the RF. was not disgosed to go into the scheme

he propoaed on the scale requested, i.e. sndowment of six posts md

supplement for director;

could ba found for 80 many posts at once, and that eqperience had shown

that slower procedure weas surer than rapid development. He replied

that it would be advantageous to have several fields developed at tlm

same time, so that advanced teaching could be done and that, being no

advocate of patriotic psychiatzy" m had no objeation to taking men

from other wuntriee if they were not available in England.

I thought it doubtfbl if good candidate8

Re cent de velopmn t B include :

      The creation of psychiatric out-patient departments at three

municigal general ho@itaLa (Bale End, St. Mary's and St. Charlee'),

with Magother in charge,

officer previously trained at the VIaudsley.

In charge of each of these ia a medical

The voluntasy treatment at Nental hospitals - a reeult of the

Mental Treatment Act - is going well.

Thia is centralized at the muds-

l@yb

Treatment of acute cases during their first year under non-volun-

tary comnitmnt is now established at %e11 Hospital, and a build% for

e convalescent home ia being looked for by the M&udaley authorities,

A movement ie on foot to erraxe for ten p8ychiatric observation

wards in general hospitals of the London County Council.

cases a year are now admitted for observation purposes,

these become permanent commitments.

About 7,000

About half of

The London County Council has its general hospitals under the

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Interview with Or, E, =pother, cont. (2) June 2, 1931,

direction of its Central Public Health Committee, of which Menaies is the

ohief. The Adult Insane and the Imbeciles are under the iiiental Hos-

p itals Committee, which probably will be browht eventually wader the

Public Health Committee, but probably not within the next five years.

?&pother referred me to the following peraons likely to be of

interest to metr

Dr. Pdeline Raberts, of the Mental Efotgitals Committee;

Dr, Bernard brt, of University College;

Ruth Darwin, of the Board of Control;

Dr, McCowm, of Cardiff;