Diversional and Educational Activities in a Mental Hospital

History of the Experiment In 1936, the British Institute of Adult Education became interested in providing educational activities in hospitals and, with the help of a grant from the York Trust, they began organizing such activities in several different types of hospital. The work was on a voluntary basis. It ceased during the war, but, in 1948, the Mental Hospitals Committee of the London County Council, under the stimulus of the late Councillor, Mrs. E. H. Hubbock, considered providing these activities in all its hospitals. Discussions were held with the British Institute of Adult Education and with a number of medical superintendents; it was agreed to appoint one organizer to promote activities in six hospitals at Epsom. A few months later, in April, 1948, I was appointed organizer atClaybury Hospital in order to carry out more extensive work of the same sort at one hospital. Aim of the Work