Unexpected shortage of water supply is common phenomena especially in dense population such as in hostels. Water supply at the students’ hostels is usually drawn from tank at the roof top of the building. Apparently there is no early warning system to monitor the tank water level when it has reached the critical level. The situation worsened when there is no personnel or technician in-charge to...

The sociological study of institutions has developed considerably in the past two decades. It has moved from the case studies of mental hospitals (e.g. Stanton & Schwartz, 1954; Belknap, 1956) and the graphic, speculative typology of Goffman (1961) to empirically based comparative studies of facilities for both the mentally ill and the mentally handicapped (Hewett et al. 1975; Wing & Brown, 197...

The tragically sudden death of Dr. Newman Neild, in the early hours of 4th July, came as a great shock to his patients and friends, as he had been at work less than twelve hours before. There had been, however, certain misgivings in the minds of his professional colleagues during the previous few months, in spite of apparently undiminished energy. Newman Neild was born in Bristol in 1872, and r...

This cross-sectional descriptive survey investigated determinants of malaria prevention and treatment seeking behaviours of pregnant undergraduates resident in university hostels, South-East Nigeria. Purposive sampling was used to enrol 121 accessible and consenting undergraduates with self-revealed and noticeable pregnancy residing in twenty-three female hostels of four university campuses in ...

BACKGROUND The rate of recognition and treatment of depressed older people in nursing homes is low. Data from the low-level residential care population have not been reported. This study aimed to collect information about the treatment of depression among older persons living in low-level residential care (hostels). METHOD The participants comprised 300 elderly residents from ten low-level re...