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frees more beds


Day treatment at hospital


cosy but modern interior it is difficult to imagine that this spacious well-equipped room, with its gaily curtained win­ dows and curtain-divider, 'which can bisect it into a larger and a smaller section when the need arises, was once a large sto re ro om . It was five years ago, at the


joint suggestion of the Mat­ ron, Miss Vera Johnson, and the Administrative Officer, Mr. Stanley Ragnall, that the adaption of the storeroom was undertaken, transform­ ing it into an efficient unit lor


the treatment of day patients. The day hospital treats an


average of 18 day patients, from Monday to Friday each week, its principal task is to restore the use of limbs dis­ abled by a number of causes, among them the paralysis that frequently affects limbs on one side of the body after


cerebral trouble. Remedial exercises are an


Important p a r t ot the treat­ ment. But even more important, and one which h a s contributed so largely to th e success of many patients’ rehabilitation is th e careful building-up of each patient’s confidence to which th e hospital sta ff devote them­ selves with cheerfulness and a friendly approach th a t brings a positive response. In charge of the day hospital


is sta ff nurse Elizabeth (Betty) Brown, assisted by Nurse Gwen Blacklock and Mrs. Nellie Mercer, while Mrs. Ann Martin helus with the domestic work, The visiting physician, Dr. \V,


D Oliver, attends the hospital daily and the geriatrician. Dr. ,1. Cherkawsky, visits every Tuesday. The assistant matron is Mrs. A. Collingridge. Exercises prescribed f o r


patients are supervised by Mr. Anthony Hollins, of Clitheroe's


Physiotherapy Centre, who does part-time duty a t the hospital.


A number ol in-patients a t


the hospital also attend the day hospital section to undergo remedial exercises and rehabili­ tation treatment. When ft is inadvisable for an in-patient to leave the ward, the necessary treatment is given there.


Social ivork


. Social care is another aspect of the day hospital’s work. This enables a patient who lives at home in the care.of a relative, to be looked after during week­ days when the person on whom they depend for home care' is out a t work. I t also enables other patients


of restricted movement who live alone in their own homes to have a change of company and environment, gives them the extra care they need and the special treatment necessary to keep them reasonably active and able to perform household tasks for themselves. Day care fulfils two such


essentially vital functions that it is surprising a greater proportion of Health Service funds are not directed towards


the setting up and mainten­ ance of far more of these centres. Firstly, its rehabilitation pro­


cess extends the active useful­ ness of a great many patients. I ts high record of success stems not only from i ts physical result but also its psychological


seen in young,r patients who initially suffer anxiety about


effect. ' Particularly is th is to be


NEW HOPE FOR SICK FOLK by Matron


Handbook written


Everyone wlio lives lociil!yr is familiar with tlic neat gicy builil ings set baelc from ll>c road in the midst of attractively laid-oul grounds, tvhicli have comprised Clitheroe Hospital since the


inception of the National Health Service in 1948. ]!u( not everyone may be aware of the dual role the hospital plays in catering


not only for the care of in-palien(s but in providing treatment for day patients, transported to and from their homes by ambulance. Visiting the day hospital section of the main building s


the effects tlieir infirmity might have on dependent members of their families and their own ability to provide and care for


them. Rehabilitation, which incor­ porates th e use of mechanical


and other geriatric aids to help them perform tasks they thought they would never -be able to undertake again, gives them a renewed faith and hope for the future. Tile s ta ff of Clitheroe Hos­


pital fully appreciate thee? fears and a very human p a r t of their work is . in helping patients to see beyond, and overcome, them.


Walking aid Equipment includes walking


aids of various kinds. Some, fashioned from light alloy, support th e patient from a frontal position. A person using this type of support, which faintly resembles a gate with sides obliquely angled, pushes i t ahead of him, gaining con­ fidence and balance a s he goes along. Other types are adjust­ able three or four legged walk­ ing sticks, also of alloy. Parallel bars are also useful in building- up confidence in walking. Special geriatric chairs used


in the day hospital have wheels fitted to the two rear legs, so patients may be moved from one part of the room to another. Small table fitments are also


se at an d back, have casters attached to all four legs, allow­


attached to the arms. Other chairs, with canvas


ing patients to propel them- sevles from one place to an­


other. The smaller portion of the


room, which can be screened by a curtain from th e . remainder of the day hospital, contains


W • < &: 4 Si iv


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The Matron and Nursing Auxiliary C. Wacklock (left) assisting 84-years-old Mrs. Mary Jane Handle.


kitchen equipment adapted to programme,


the needs of patients suffering n 1 ’’ from various forms of physical disability. A table height oven and


double gas ring enable a patient who is confined to a wheel-chair to cook by baking,


roasting or boiling, unham­ pered by the necessity of bend­


ing down to an oven situated below waist level.


For a person who can only


use one h and there is a range of kitchen utensils designed to meet their individual require­ ments. Handles of a wide cir­ cumference give th e patient t better grip th a n could be achieved with handles of the width normally used for cut­ lery and other culinary items.


Very useful A patien t who h a s the use


of only one h an d can cut up food and transfer i t to the mouth by using one of these imaginatively designed aids which h a s a knife attached to one p a r t of its wide handle and a fork fastened to tire other.


table top when eating there are neat plastic stands, the size of a table mat. fitted with four rubber suction pads on the top and under-sides.


To hold plates firm to the


the hospital by ambulance ready to begin the day there a t 9-30 a.m. On arrival they are given a drink of h o t milk and a biscuit, before beginning the exercises each lias been pre­ scribed.


Day pa tients are brought to


nature of their infirmity are unable to take a b ath of their own accord. This service is per­ formed for them with tile aid of a bath th a t h a s a full-length moveable platform operated by a hydraulic system th a t gently lowers i t into or raises i t from the water.


Some patients, because of the The mid-day meal is served


a t 12-30 and this is followed by more treatment and various


forms of recreation. Male patients, particularly, enjoy friendly game of dominoes,


while a game of bingo is a popular pastime with both


sexes. Outdoor exercise may be taken in the adjoining garden when the weather is fine.


Above and below: Mrs.


heJs learned one good lesson in 3 ^


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Soph'a Alic Aspinwall (76) preparing her b a k i n g , which she brings to a suc­ cessful conclusion in the table-height oven which obviates the need for stoop­ ing.


Social events Women patients derive


great deal of interest and amusement from baking ses­ sions which are frequently held, with the men helping to sample the results of their efforts. Whist drives are also held from time to time and in the winter months cinema shows form p a r t of the social


Sometimes they


are held in the day hospital sometimes in the wards, but in each case they are watched by all the patients.


At three in the afternoon


tea and biscuits are served before preparations begin for the day patients to return to their homes by ambulances, which include two from


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age two morning and two two evening journeys in order to transport day patients to and from the hospital.


larly new members with no previous hospital experience, find most useful to them the additional and extremely comprehensive gu i d a n c e afforded by the ward hand­ book which is issued to them.


The ward staff,


concise clearly - w o r d e d instructions set out under section headings which coyer every aspect of hospital routine and care of patients, was written by the Matron, Miss Vera Johnson.


The handbook, with its


has never had this excellent work published because, she says, different hospitals have different needs, it is a guide well worth having by any­ one engaged in, or contem­ plating a nursing career or some I'orm of hospital work.


Although Miss Johnson


the fact that it has also been used as a work of reference by the staff in other hos­ pitals.


Proof of its value lies in


LIKE COMING HOME


| Airs. Ivy Fishwick who lives in Great Harwood was one Clitheroe foTpattolts 'who Uf the day hospital’s first patients, and has been attending


live locally. They each aver- daily for the past five years. Testimony of the continuous care she has received


during the whole of this period is contained in the words: They kept me walking as long as they could.”


from other towns tor patients. u la lthat illness has now deprived There are also ambulances Harwood and Accrington.


In-patients occupying beds a t th e hospital number 101, a large


proportion of item being elderly. Many improvements have been introduced during


greatly increased the comfort and cosiness of the interior.


A friendly, homely atmos phero is created by having


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who come from quite a wide |lc r 0 £ th e use of hec legs an d radius, which includes Great | _______ ______.i,» , i , „ i,nc.


Mrs. Fishwick explained------------------- - -------


she now attends the day hos­ pital for care while her daughter, who looks after her at home, is at work.


smaller wards, although these require more staff than would | “--v — -----r —


from 2-30 The hospital carries a staff


I the’ time of her. daughter’s marriage, so the couple could go away for a honeymoon, and began another temporary stay in hospital on Friday to


became an ’"-patient at


bo necessary with fewer | allow her daughter and her much larger ones. Visiling is till 7-30 daily.


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of about 85, but most of its employees work there in a part- time capacity. Indeed it would be difficult to staff the building without the aid of part-time workers. Many married women u i th domestic commitments find they can spare a few hours or a couple of nights a week and the Matron predicts the time is coming when more married n u r s e s will be employed generally, even in hospitals which now specify th a t their nurses must be


single.


Hospital is excellent, largely because of the view held by the Matron and Mr. Ragnall th a t every member of the sta ll from wards to kitchen, from


All important. Stare co-operation at Clitheroe


office to grounds is making an equally valuable .contribu­


has resulted in many extra comforts being provided The open days which the


gratefully conscious of the help which is given by the Friends of Clitheroe Hospital end which


Staff and patients arc also


Friends organise annually are looked forward to by patients and visitors and have created a mutually appreciative under


standing of the work the nosr pital is doing for every patient


who enters its walls.


tion towards the smooth run­ ning of th is efficiently func­ tioning and humanitarian unit.


husband to have another short holiday break, taking day excursions.


Smilingly recalling h e r


daughter’s wedding day, she said: “I came to the hospital still in wedding finery, bring­ ing the bouquets with me to have by my bedside.” She enjoys the company of


the hospital’s staff and patients and finds her days


field Road, Ciitheroe, h a s been receiving treatment since she was taken ill .while on holiday a t Folkestone la s t year. ”1 have made remarkable


filled with interest, “it's like coming home coming hero; everyone d o e s everything they possibly can for you,” she told an Advertiser and Times reporter. Mrs. Edith M. BiriJes of High-


of Brennan Terrace, Grindle- ton, became a daily patient last October a f te r spending about a month in another hospital. Now he attend s on only thre e days


Mr. Redmond J. O'Connell,


s ta f f was: “T hey have done everything for me. I was in' a


each week. His tribute to th e hospital


very poor way when I firs t came here. I have received every­ thing. courtesy, consideration and every possible aid. I could not have asked for anything


better.”


AUCTION MART


and sale of in-calf an d store cattle, a t Clitheroe Auction Mart on Friday, there was a very good entry of 81 in-calf and


At the fortnightly prize show


(July-August calving) £58 to £111; in-call cows (Sept.-Oct.) £61 to £108: in-calf heifers £70 to £90; strong bullocks £49 to £70; strong heifers £48 to £68- 10-0; sm a r t breeding heifers £33 to £45; stirks £18 to £29. The judges, Messrs. H. Speak


77 store cattle. Quotations were: in-calf cows


a time is the medicine cabinet. What ought people to store


in it? One doctor recently suggested the following, as- prin, a simple cough medi­ cine, an antacid, a simple antiseptic cream, and per­ haps a travel sickness remedy. He added that some doctors would approve also of an in- halent and perhaps an inhaler for the common cold, and a mild laxative for occasional use.


than what drug items arc kept in a home medicine cab­ inet are the precautions people should observe in con­


nection with them! First, all medicines should


be kept out of reach of child ren. and preferably under lock and key. “It can’t happen to us” has often been the pre­ liminary to a family tragedy. Asprin tablets can be partial" larly dangerous to young


children. ■ And second, no medicine except a prescribed one . should be taken for more than a few days. If an illness calls for longer treatment, then it calls for a doctor’s attention. Just as important as the


drugs in the medicine cabinet are gauze and bandages, ad­ hesive dressings, and soap and water and a stiff nail brush. And other items that should certainly figure in the medicine cabinet, or else in the larder—for they’re safe enough an d used often


enough —include: cod-liver oil (for young children in the winter),, a fruit juice source of vitamin C (orange juice or blackcurrant syrup, or the very new acerola cherry syrup made speci all y for infants) and a liquid glu­ cose drink, which is a unique way of giving food energy in many illnesses and convales­ cence, particularly to child­


However, more important ren.


Clitheroe yesterday week, were: Kenneth Driver (35), of Lime Street, Clitheroe. £2 for using an unlicensed motor vehicle, and £2 for u s i n g a motor vehicle without a te s t certi­ ficate; James Schofield, of Kemple View, Clitheroe, £3 for causing unnecessary obstruc­


M o to r in g f in e s Among th e motorist lined a t


■Which is I golden fill


tion with a motor van a t th e junction of Market Place and Wellgate; and Robert Nutter • Higson, of Balshaw Fold Cot­ tage, Under Billings Lane. Pleasington. £3 for driving a motor van on a road in a direc­ tion other th a n specified.


along York Street from the roundabout.


Higson h ad been driving


nounced for Norwich, Croydon, Aberdeen an d Southampton, will reach 121 post towns by the end of th is year, said the Post­ master General. “We aim to have given a postal code to the 17 million premises in Britain before th e end of 1970.”


Brochure marks show's 200th anniversary


A 56-page commemorative booklet to mark the 200th


anniversary of the Society’s -history -is being sent to members of the Royal Lancashire Agricultural Society this week- just two weeks before this year's bi-centenary Show opens


at Blackpool. The brochure carries a


5,000 word “potted” history of the Show from 1767 when the Salford and District Agricultural Society was formed at a coffee house near St. Ann’s Square, Man­ chester. The first show was held in


was, in fact, patron of both organisations. In the same j’e a r the Royal


North Lancashire Society was formed, an d in 1874 this merged with tire Manchester and Liverpool society as the Royal Nor th Lancashire and Manchester and Liveropol Agri­


of Reedley and K. Marsden of Broughton made th e following awards.— Cow: 1, L Roberts of Bolton; 2, R Yates of Dutton. Heifer: 1. R Jenkinson of Pill­


progress,” she said: She is now walking about and working to regain the full use of h e r right hand. In the course of h e r tre a t­


ment Mrs. Birtles, previously a right-handed person, h a s learned to use h e r left h and as


well as she could once use the otiler. Exercises have been a tremendous help in h e r good progress and she feels very much a t home with everyone at tile hospital. Another patient living in


Olitheroe, Mrs. Muriel Evans of Standcn Bungalows attends the day hospital on two days each week, an d h a s done so for nearly two years.


FOOT CARE


The foot care she receives there enables h e r to remain


fairly active within h e r home, although she is unable to ven­ ture fa r outside i ts walls. And while she is a t the hos­


pital Mi’s. Evans is a ready helper with th e washing up


tile square, and show cattle were displayed from a wooden “bridge” in the square to keep them away from the more “common” beasts being offered for sale in the nearby market, And only a short distance


away were the village stocks. Prizes a t th e f irs t show


ing; 2, W. Turner of Langho. At Monday's fatstock sale, 74


cattle, 858 lambs, sheep, ewes,


an d 24 pigs were on offer Quotations were: S.L. 3 steers


161/- to 164/-; steers (7-9icwt.) 135/- to 160/-; heifers (6-8 cwt.) 125/- to 145/-; pre-graded 120/- to 130/-; cows 88/- to 102/-; plainer cows 08/- to 87/-; light lambs 2/8 to 3/01; medium 2/8 to 2/11; heavy 2/7 to 2/9; sheep 2/11 to 2/5 ; homed ewes 47/- to 78/-; half-bred ewes 76/- to 85/-; pigs: porkers 32/- to 33/-: cutters 31/- to 35/-; bacon 32/6. At Tuesday’s weekly prize


PRIZE FATHER


th e records, a prize of £4 was awarded to “the farmer’s labourer paying n o t more th an £8 a year rent, by whom the greatest number of -legitimate


A century ago, according to


children have been brought up without parochial relief”


show and sale ol newly-calved, cattle quotations were: best cow £90 to £111; best heifers £95 to £118; other cows £65 to £84; other heifers £60 to £76; rearing calves £5-10-0 to £9-5-0; bobby calves £1-10-0 to £3-12-6. The judges. Messrs.- J . Barnes


of Altham and H. Dawson of Waddington, made th e follow- in0- awards.— Cow: 1. J , L. & M. Birtle of West Bradford; 2, F. Coates of Whatley. Heifer: 1. W. Turner of Mellor; 2, H. Turner


of Langho. a " & t ”- H


and he’ll, learn another when he can write hisname


His parents will teach him the valuable lesson of saving with the Halifax. He’ll need only two shillings and his signature to start his own account. His . savings will be securer easy to withdraw, and give him ■ vital confidence for the years ahead. Take your youngsters to see the M „ _ _ — ~ Halifax as soon . as they can write their names.


y a n A * -


BUILDING SOCIETY Member o( The Building Socl«tl*»A*»oei«llen


Local Agent; ’ CLITHEROE: 8 King Street. Burniston an d Co. Tel : 2058. • I t '


ABOVE THE CALL OF DUTY


THE ambulancomon .are won­ derful say the statl and patients of clitheroe Hospital.


Day patients, particularly, have reason to feel grateful tor their services which are often extended “over and above the call of duty.”


fithcroe has three ambulances and twelve men to man them working on a shift basis. Two of tho vehicles are used daily in the morning and afternoon to transport day . patients to


■ and from their homes. On occasions when a patient is too s ick ’. to leave home


The kindness and consideration they show ' has been mani­ fested in a number of extra tasks performed for the. patients’ comfort, including sometimes lighting the fire for patients returning home to a cold house.


when the ambulance calls for them tho men relay this In­ formation to the hospital and the staff are able to get In touch with the patient’s doc­ tor.


The ambuianoe personnel have oarned tho "bouquet” which patients and’ staff wish to hand to thorn.


Keenan, se rvant to Mr. W. S ta t te r of Pilidngton. He had 20 children, 14 of whom were th en Jiving.


T he prize was won by one W.


mention was made of a prize for th e wifel Records from th e show held


But, says th e historian, no


a t Liverpool in 1871 reveal a London “ pisciculturist,” fish


pond maker an d emasculator of


th e first meeting on Wednes­ day, August 26, 1767—two years before Napoleon was bom—the


fish” who claimed th a t his method of emasculating salmon an d tro ut made them indige­ nous to enclosed waters so th a t “noblemen an d gentlemen pos­ sessing a lake o r other orna­ mental waters in th e ir park or grounds, c an easily transfe r them into salmon an d trout fisheries in season all th e year round.” The story recalls th a t from


Society h a s played an import­ a n t role in encouraging new an d progressive methods of


agriculture in Lancashire. For one of the founders and first chairman, Thomas Butter-


worth Bayley. of Hope Hall. Eccles, wrote a number of works on land drainage and th e


use of compost. MERGERS


ent Pre sident of th e Royal Lancs., th e Earl of Derby, have played a frequent p a r t in help­


ing th e Society. Indeed, i t was a Lord Derby


who, ■ in 1847, suggested th a t th e Manchester an d Liverpool


Agricultural' Societies should amalgamate. At th is time, he


The forefathers of th e pres­


amounted to only 80 guineas, while today they are worth more th a n £12,000.


cultural Society. I t was not until 1893 th a t


the title was rationalised to the Royal Lancashire Agricultural


Society. During W o r l d War I,


although th e shows were dis­ continued, the society ran inter-farm competitions with inspectors visiting te rm s in all p a r ts of the country an d mak­ ing awards for the best dairy herds, root crops and even small holding potatoes. T h e President of th e Board


Postal coding, already an ­


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STOCKING up


THE MED ICINE CABINET


I Spring cleaning surely has its antithesisjn ScPtcmber particu- an^ October, when we slock up, like squirrels


— for the winter Wiirm clothes fo r ourselves and the children, ’


stocks of coal 2 oil or wood for the chilly i last great bottling of fruits and preserves—this is what we think If. And one thing we certainly shouldn t forget at such


For


Some of yol But nl


n o t even tif


Bermuda. About 3


west of B clear blue Atlantic 0 re-discoveri dentally t


-1609, when *,n ' their


found ref from their Sea Ventu


refuge—for get away f i'J squeeze”, f rc l noise of c | memory of if This se;r (1,000 miles |


Today. B |


Indies) is roofed. past-1 brightly colcl ing lanes, '■ friendly ca:l miles and ml


beaches lapl incredibly


sea. Bermuda J


about 150 la rg e s t bein’, an d causev: “ mainland ”


like a giai island measi i ts widest p:


miles long, is packed a ]


and a wide | for the holicl water-skiing.! diving, sail! . . . or ju s t I One of ’-I


of Agriculture, Mr. R. E. Prothero, MP, wrote to all other agricultural societies drawing a tten tio n to “the generous an d patriotic effort of th e Royal . Lancashire Agri­ cultural Society to stimulate th e production of home grown


foodstuffs.” Today, th e society endeavours


to keep county fanners, abreast of th e lates t developments by a ttra c ting a s many manufac­ turers of agricultural machinery an d other products to the annual show which h a s been staged on th e 140 acre site a t E a s t ' Park Drive, Blackpool, since 1954.


SPECIAL AWARDS


In a rep o rt on th is year’s three-day Show on August 1.


2 an d 3 th e booklet hopes lor a "resounding success a f te r th e calamitous events of 1966 when i t was decided to cancel th e classes for cloven-hoof animals on the Simday prior to tho Show to as sist in preventing th e spread of foot an d mouth disease.” In spite of rising costs, the society’s council h a s not in­


creased admission charges, or member or vice-presidents fees. To mark the 200th Anniver­


sa ry of th e foundation of th e Society, trophy winners in all


sections of th e Show will re­ ceive specially inscribed silver


a sh trays—this is in addition to th e £12,000 in prize money and trophies already awarded. And show officials a re hope­


ful th a t th is bi-centenary year will also be remembered by a record crowd for th e thre e days. T h is means th a t more th an


45,172 people—the to ta l in 1961, th e year a f te r 3-day shows were introduced—will j have to pass through th e turnstiles. The previous record a t te n ­


dance a t th e Show was in the Pre ston Guild year of 1922, when i t was staged over fou: days. The number was 118,157.


strike you scenic beau! T h e gently


dotted with! houses tha 1 trademark


ridged or utilita rian a |


bougainvillio hibiscus bio winding lan to earn Be: tion of beii Keen garden Botanical G ta in every s flower life dian soil. Sailboats


EXOI Exotic


of the mai and harbo


chug their


island stu Hamilton H


. to the slot Somerset at


th e island, is an ex cell’I


way of sel islands of t)] I f you


grander, til sightseeing


route for at person. Loo: Bridge, tb- bi-idge in t ju s t enough a sailboat t Another


boats inciud| and calypse


as they a re! th e rain wn| into storas


the bridge lights foi permanent


time to ap l roundings i | thing move m.p.h. speel enforced (1.1 areas ) . ancil th a t the e l atmosphere


lights in There is '


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