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London County Council 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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13. The increase by 418 in the number of insane persons for whom the Council
was responsible to find accommodation on 1st January, 1924, as compared with the
number on 1st January, 1923, is the resultant of increases in the numbers of parish
patients by 382 and of private patients by 41, and a decrease by 5 in the number
of criminal patients.
Insane
persons
within the
knowledge of
public
authorities.
1890-1924.

Table: 14. Details of the number of lunatics (excluding private cases) under the care of public authorities in London responsible for dealing with them are as follows1:—Table 6.

14. Details of the number of lunatics (excluding private cases) under the care of public authorities in London responsible for dealing with them are as follows1:—

Table 6.

Date.L.C.C. Lunatics under reception orders.M..A.B. Lunatics in M.A.B. mental hospitals.Guardians.. Lunatics in workhouses or with relatives and friendsTotal number of lunatics.Annual increase or decrease of
Lunatics under reception orders.Total number of lunatics.
(i)(ii.)(iii.)(iv.)(v.)(vi.)
1st January—IncreaseDecreaseIncreaseDecrease
189010,1045,56669216,362————
190015,1855,77056221,5175,081—5,155—
191019,9146,67641327,0034,729—5,486—
192017,2965,29132822,915—2,698—4.088
192117,8165,38532623,5275206 12
192218,3495,32029823,967533—440—
192318,5005,10127923,880151——87
192418,9185,14831224,378418—498—
Increase in 34 years8,814—8,016—
Average increase per annum259—232—

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Applications
for
admission.

Table: Applications for admission. 15. The applications for beds for cases of lunacy received from the relieving officers in the County of London and dealt with during each month of the period 1913-1924 are as follows:—Table 7.

Applications for admission. 15. The applications for beds for cases of lunacy received from the relieving officers in the County of London and dealt with during each month of the period 1913-1924 are as follows:—

Table 7.

1913-141914-151915-161916-171917-181918-19 919-201920-211921-221922-231923-24
April285†327286272238282303294242 †267263
May340369277294*275313347*303324*337*328
June299329265291314*271314347*274275303
July364381*273260314*316327308323272333*
August333353228†264250259317292263300297
September331312230225247256265261257282238
October322320257226233286270298287233†278
November296290253242200†343*217†231†242†261289
December335314258222†242242†228287286291256
January371*288†301*267279297316302278286297
February339299252248248253286279252287266
March323345278252303289336292280302211 †
Total3,9383,9273,1583,0633,1403,4073,5263,4943,3083,393‡3,359‡
Monthly average328327263255261283293291275282280

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* Highest in each year. † Lowest in each year.
‡Of the 3,359 applications for beds received during the twelve months ended 31st March, 1924, 163 were
withdrawn either because the patients recovered before admission to a mental hospital or because other arrangements
for their care were made. Vacant beds were allotted for 3,196 patients only.
* Figures for 1890-1915 and 1916-1919 are given in the Annual Reports for 1915-1919
vol. II., p. 16), and 1921 (vol. II.., p. 7).