Division of children's began the activity in this department and independent ward was built in 1950, however, the division and the ward had to be closed because of various problems in 1960.
Since then, as child's patients increased, hospitalized children increased. Among them psychogenic patients, particularly school re usal have increased. For such cases, it is effective in most cases that the patients are hospitalized in order to separate from their home.
Most of the patients were absent from school, so their studying grade is lower than the average, and some patients remain in the same year grade. Then, their grades became worse by being hospitalized, and they do not want to go to school any more.
Therfore, it is advised that when such patients are hospitalized, place of study should be made in order to prevent lowering the studying habit and grade, to be in the air of school, to have close human relationship with teachers, and to be effective to heal the feeling of dislike of school.
Under such circumatamces, divisional school of neighboring primary and junior high schools was established in this hospital in 1905 by great sponsorship and guidance of the educational office of the Chiba-ken, and the educational committee of Ichikawa City.
The school is consist of 1 class of each primary and secondary schools, and numbers of the 1 class members are limited to 15 students. One full-time teacher in the primary school and one full-time and eight part-time major teachers in various fields are provided.
In these classes, children's patients who can attend the class are having study, From May of 1965 to April of 1000, 35 students (22 school refusal) attended, and 17 students at the present time (August, 1000) are attending;the school.
The therapeutic significance of the school in the hospital is a kind of the social rehabilitation and the effect is largely expected. Numbers of kids school refusal are increased, and they need to be hospitalized, so that psychiatric medical facility and educational facility in the hospital should be combined together and such combination is really desired.
