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PAGE SIXTEEN ) THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1927 MUST MAINTAIN} * UTHOST GARE (Coutinwea from page 9) | he was extremely anxious that it, should have precedence; therefore' every avenue was searched for Di- rectors of Occupational Therapr) with experience who could be placed | in charge of this work, but in the end the conclusion was reached that occupationists were not available for service in this Provinces. To be sure. we a~ain might have passed beyond our borders, but this thought was not entertained. Practical Training Planned "Now. since occupationists were not available, the next line ~f action was to undertake the teaching, de- velopment and training of occuna- tionists in connection with our own hospitals. hence contact was early made with the Occupational Depart- ment of the University of Toronto; indeed, this was one of my first official acts. Arrangements were made whereby the class of nccupa- tionists now in training at the uni- versity would receive practical training in the Ontario Hospitals, If I may use the word, they were fol} receive their clinical training and |} experience in connecton with =the patients in the Ontario Hospitals. Therefore at the close of the col- lege term of 1926-27 the members of the college class were sent to the various hospitals throughout the provirce to act as internes dur- ing the six months' interval in the rniversity course. The Suverinten- dents were instructed to keep close observation of the attitude of these occupationist-internes, and the re- ports Haveb een most satisfactorv and interesting. I made a persona' studw of this experiment, and I am intensely pleased with the result. Clinical Work "At the anening of the present session of the university it was ar- ranged that the clinical work should be given at the Ontario Hospital Queen street. This work is at pres- ent progressing along the lines in- dicated. T had the privilege of de- livering the first lecture in psychi- atry to this class, and during my long period as a teacher nothing has brought me such extreme pleasure At the close of this session it is ex- pected that a number of these stu- dents will become attached to the Ontario service, as T have alreadv raceived several applications there- from. ! "Next session the University of To- ronto will have both a first-year class and a second-year class in occupational therapy, and we are planning to arrange clinical facilities for these voung women to supple- ment the instruction given at the university and at the Ontario College of Art, This is the only course in Canada in this new development. The course which the University of Toronto offers is said by experts tn ha cufta the enual of any course given anvwhere in the United States end 7 have hone, hv means of thor- oughly adeguate facilities, tn mak» this course superior to anything of the kind given anvwhere, Dvercrowding "In my survey of the hospitals #n- other nrom'nent feature was anite arnarent 'The hospitals were filled beyond the point where efficien treatment, careful observation and sc'entific studv conld be carried on with success. I cannot say that the hospitals were crowded beyond mere rhvsical conditions. There was room for the patients to sleep, in most cases, and their physical wants re- reived attention, but there seemed fo be a slowing up, nay, even a clog- ring, of the hospital machinery. Therefore, in dealing with the hns- pitals, it seemed clear that the tide of scientific hospital life should be set in motion and let in the, current, swift or slow. "A careful study was made, there- fore, of all patients no longer re- auiring hospital treatment, with a, view to their discharge, thus reliev-! ing conditions. This was made effec- tive in all the hospitals, and the re- sults have been satisfactory even beyond expectation. From April 1 to the close of the fiscal year on Oct. 31, 1926, the admissions were 1 234 and the discharges were 1,479 From April 1 to Oct. 31, 1927, the admissions were 1.232 and the dis- charges were 1,866. In other words, for those seven months in 1927 there was an increase in the discharged patients of 407 over the correspond- ing period of 1926. Furthermore, a most encouraging feature is here- with represented. The admissions during that period in 1927 were 1232, and' the discharges 1,866, showing an increase of discharges iil over admissions of 634, Sometimes we hear that insanity is increasing: " these figures tell a different tale, The accumulations are increasingly pos- sible; certainly the disease is not. This increase in discharges saves 407 beds. Like Other Patients "But this does not by any means tell the whole story. There has been a breaking down of old traditions that enshrond hospital life that were e little difficult to overcome, namely, that when a patient entered ome of these institutions he was afterward looked upon with apprehension. Of course those who 'are in touch with the work know perfectly well that patients entering the Ontario Hos- pitals, receiving treatment and recov- e~ing, must be treated with precisely the same measure of consideration consideration as they would if they had entered an ordinary civie hospital for the treatment of a phyai- eal disease, I proceeded uvon the princinle that the Ontaria Hospitals are for the treatment of the mental- ly «ick, that patients were admitted with the treatment in view, and that the best seientific eounipment. the best scientific knowledge should he! in these hospitals for the treatment of mental disease, and that when tha treatment had been secured and the patient had recovered, this patient | should be discharzed from the hns-! pital. This princinle will he #nite do. | valaped, Let there be nn doubt or pisunderstanding upon this point. sh No Alterations on garments under $15.00 -- - -. Extra Special! 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