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Analysis of
statistics.
26. The hospitals with the highest numbers of direct admissions were West
Park (as would be expected, in the hospital most recently opened), Colney Hatch,
Banstead and Hanwell. Including the indirect admissions, the hospitals with the
highest total number of admissions were West Park, Banstead, Claybury and
Colney Hatch. Those, however, with the greatest number of patients under
treatment were Colney Hatch, Hanwell, Claybury and Banstead. The hospital
with the lowest number of patients under treatment was Horton, and here the total
number of admissions, both direct and indirect was also the lowest.
27. The hospital with the highest number of discharges "recovered" was
Claybury, followed by Bexley, West Park, and Cane Hill. The hospitals with the
lowest number of discharges "recovered" were Horton, Colney Hatch, Hanwell and
Long Grove. With the discharges "recovered," however, should be considered
also discharges under section 79 of the Lunacy Act, 1890, to the care of friends,
and discharges of patients as "relieved" or "not improved." On the total number
of discharges, West Park is highest, followed by Bexley, Claybury and Banstead.
There is, as might be expected, a rough relation between the totals of admissions
and discharges, and the highest total numbers of discharges were found at those
hospitals which had the highest total numbers of admissions.
28. The hospitals with the highest death rates in proportion to the average
daily numbers resident were West Park and Claybury with 8.58 per cent. and 7.37
per cent. respectively. The death rate is usually influenced by the number of
admissions. The lowest was Long Grove with 5.2 per cent.
29. The percentage of recoveries on the total admissions for all the mental
hospitals was 17.99 per cent. for the year, as against 19.79 per cent. for the previous
year, and the percentage of deaths on the total average daily number on the registers
during the year was 6.81, as against 7.06 in the previous year.
Classification and chargeability of patients.
Patients on
the "private
list."
30. The usual enquiries have been made as to all patients in respect of whom
it appeared likely that there were means, and 140 patients have been found entitled
to be classified as private patients in accordance with section 3 of the Lunacy Act,
1891, the cost of maintenance being recovered from the patients' estates or secured
by undertakings to pay on the part of relatives or friends.
31. The following statement shows the action taken in regard to the classification
of patients during the year ended 31st March, 1927:—