Decommissioning_and_redevelopment Kew_Asylum
willsmere residential development in june 1943 town clerk of city of kew, w. d. birrell, produced report on immediate post-war priorities kew. birrell urged council propose closure of kew asylum, grounds subdivided , ...laid out on modern town planning principles 700 800 homes . according birrell, have been ideal post-war scheme provide employment , needed land housing. birrell s proposal not new; ever since establishment of asylum, proposals closure , redevelopment had recurred every few years. birrell s plans did not eventuate overcrowding @ other mental hospitals throughout victoria necessitated kew s continued operation. by 1986 willsmere hospital s bed numbers had been reduced 430, 3 quarters of psychogeriatric patients. result of ongoing mental health reform, labor government of victoria commissioned willsmere project , purpose of plan decommissioning hospital , develop services , facilities in community. long-term psychogeriatric patients transferred new psychogeriatr...