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Stricture and
scope.
49. This document is in three parts, the first, which deals with the procedure
of the Commission, refers to the evidence taken, both oral and written and to the
institutions visited and to the manner of visitation. The second part treats of the
legal and administrative aspects of the questions arising as to the certification,
detention and care of the mentally afflicted, and opens with an historical survey of
these questions, followed by an outline of the existing system accompanied by
criticisms and proposals relating to its various aspects, grouped under the headings
of certification, detention, care, private institutions and public authorities, both
local and central. In the third part the conclusions and recommendations of the
Commission are summarised under the same heading as appear in the scheme of
classification adopted in the second part of the report.
Action taken
on the
Report.
50. the Keport, during the year under review, was being considered by a
special sub-committee whom we have appointed to consider as to the administration
of public mental hospitals.
Nursing service in mental hospitals.
Nursing
service—
Report of
Departmental
Committee.
51. The same Sub-Committee also has been considering, under reference from us,
the proposals made in the report of the Departmental Committee appointed to
enquire into the nursing service in County and Borough mental hospitals, which
was issued in 1924.
Contributions to medical literature.
Contributions
to
medical
literature.
52. Contributions to medical literature have been made by members of the
medical staff of the London County mental hospitals during the year ended 31st
March, 1927, as follows:—
Dr. G. A. Lilly, deputy medical superintendent, Banstead mental hospital, in collaboration
with Dr. E. L. Hopkins, third assistant medical officer, Hanwell mental hospital.
"Journal of Mental Science," January, 1926.—" A note on the Wassermann
Reaction in the Blood Serum of Male admissions at Hanwell Mental Hospital."
Dr. D. R. Alexander, second assistant medical officer, Bexley mental hospital, in collaboration
with Dr. Golla, director of the Pathological Laboratory, Maudsley hospital. "British
Medical Journal," 2nd October, 1926.—"The Value of Malarial Therapy in Dementia
Paralytica."
Dr. G. F. Peters, third assistant medical officer, Cane Hill mental hospital. "Journal of
Mental Science," April, 1926.—" Unexpected Fits."
Dr. G. R. A. de M. Rudolf, fourth assistant medical officer, Claybury mental hospital. Proceedings
of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1926, xix. (Section of Tropical Diseases and
Parasitology, p. 27).—" Some Aspects of Therapeutic Malaria." (This work gained
the Gaskell Prize and the Gold Medal of the Royal Medico-Psychological Association.)
In collaboration with Dr. J. C. Ramsay, eighth assistant medical officer, Claybury mental
hospital. "Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene," 1927, xxx. 1.—"Enumeration
of Parasites in Therapeutic Malaria."
In collaboration with Dr. R. J. B. Marsh, eighth assistant medical officer, Claybury
mental hospital. "Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene," 1927. xxx, 57.—
"Some Observations upon Carbohydrate Metabolism in Malaria, with special reference
to the effect of Insulin and Glucose upon Benign Tertian Malaria."
Lt.-Col. J. R. Lord, medical superintendent of Horton mental hospital. "Journal of Mental
Science," July, 1925, and April, 1926.—"Some Psychological Reflections." "Journal
of Mental Science," October, 1926.—" Philippe Pinel." "Journal of Mental Science,"
(special number), August, 1926.—" The Clinical Study of Mental Disorders." "Mental
Hospitals and the Public." (Messrs. Adlard and Son, Ltd.)
Dr. W. D. Nicol, second assistant medical officer, Horton mental hospital. "Journal of
Mental Science," October, 1926.—" Clinical Aspects and Results of the Malarial Treatment
of General Paralysis."
Dr. P. K. McCowan, second assistant medical officer, West Park mental hospital. "Journal
of Mental Science," October, 1926.—" The Physico-psycho-galvanic Reflex in the
Neuroses and Psychoses. (This essay gained the Bronze Medal of the Royal MedicoPsychological
Association).
In collaboration with Dr. J. S. Harris, senior assistant medical officer, Maudsley hospital.
"Journal of Medical Science," January, 1927.—" Chronic Epidemic Encephalitis."