Holiday Homes for Mental Patients
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Secretary, Central Association for Mental Welfare. Jl would not be far from the truth to say that for the vast majority of workers, and of more leisured folk too for that matter, the annual holiday occupies for some considerable time during the year, the forefront of their thoughts, first in anticipation and planning; then in realisation and enjoyment; and then, after it is over, in the sorting out of memories. It is difficult for most of us to realise to the full an existence in which there is not this yearly break to bring refreshment to soul and body and yet there are many, quite apart from those for whom a holiday is not yet an economic possibility, who live from year's end to year's end in comparative material comfort but in an endless
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