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London County Council 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Readmissions.
16. The total number of patients who were readmitted to the London County Former
mental hospitals during the year ended 31st December, 1923, after having previously
been discharged " recovered " from one or other of the hospitals, was 297. Of this
number, 105 were readmitted within twelve months of the date of their discharge.
17. Statistics as to recoveries and readmissions during the past 29 years are as follows:—
Table 8.
| Mental hospital. | Patients discharged "recovered"between 1895 and 1923. | Number of such patients readmitted to any London mental hospital up to 31st December, 1923. | Percentage of such readmissions to discharges " recovered." | Number of 9uch patients readmitted to any London mental hospital within twelve months of their discharge up to 31st Dec., 1923. | Percentage of such readmissions to discharges " recovered." |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (i.) | (ii) | (iii.) | (iv.; | (v.) | |
| Banstead | 5,015 | 1,569 | 31.28 | 607 | 12.10 |
| Bexley (from 19th September, 1898) | 2,801 | 720 | 25.70 | 256 | 9.13 |
| Cane Hill | 3,606 | 1,182 | 32.77 | 401 | 11.12 |
| Claybury | 5,859 | 1,773 | 30.26 | 670 | 11.43 |
| Colney Hatch | 4,509 | 1,370 | 30.38 | 494 | 10.95 |
| Hanwell | 5,015 | 1,588 | 31.66 | 601 | 11.90 |
| Horton (from 3rd March, 1902—out of use from May, 1915, to November, 1919) | 1,460 | 375 | 25.68 | 123 | 8.42 |
| Long Grove (from 18th June, 1907) | 1,607 | 384 | 23.89 | 147 | 9.14 |
| The Manor (from 8th June, 1899—out of use from July, 1916, to March, 1919 ; disused entirely as accommodation for cases of insanity since January, 1922) | 742 | 200 | 26.9 | 69 | 9.29 |
| Ewell Colony (from 19th August, 1903 —out of use since June, 1918) | 104 | 16 | 15.38 | 7 | 6.73 |
| Total | 30,718 | 9,177 | 29.87 | 3,375 | 10.98 |
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18. The numbers alike of discharges "recovered" and of "readmissions"
were greater during 1923 than during the previous year. The percentage rates
also in columns (iii.) and (v.) prove to be higher.
Table 9.
| Year. | Patients admitted directly. | Weekly average. | Deatlis. | Weekly average. | Discharges recovered. | Weekly average. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F | T. | M. | F. | T. | M | F | T. | M. | F | 'I'. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | |
| 1920 | 1,486 | 1,704 | 3,190 | 28 | 33 | 61 | 654 | 571 | 1,225 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 325 | 534 | 859 | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| 1921 | 1,429 | 1,715 | 3,144 | 27 | 33 | 60 | 618 | 585 | 1,203 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 355 | 527 | 882 | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| 1922 | 1,415 | 1,720 | 3,135 | 27 | 33 | 60 | 653 | 797 | 1,450 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 338 | 540 | 878 | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| 1923 | 1,382 | 1,771 | 3.153 | 26 | 34 | 60 | 575 | 60 | 1,180 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 348 | 533 | 881 | 6 | 10 | 16 |
* Figures for 1914-1919 are given in the Annual Report for 1921 (vol II., p. 8).
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