London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

London County Council 1928

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

This page requires JavaScript

Table: Table 7.

Table 7.

1918-191919-201920-211921-221922-231923-211924-251925-261926-271927-281928-29
April282303294242†267263243256297244†265
May313347*303324*337*328265329270274308
June271314347*274275303265266304308306
July316327308323272333*338*340*340*280366*
August259317292263300297252238265303318
September256265261257282238237273267283302
October286270298287233†278275287245†250275
November343*217†231†242†261289236†228†276260286
December242†228287286291256300294295291287
January297316302278286297297248320293303
February253286279252287266266314253300254†
March289336292280302211†275319276321*265
Total3,4073,5263,4943,3083,3933,3593,2493,3923,4083,4083,535
Monthly average283293291275282280270282284284294

Text

Copy text to clipboard

Former
patients
readmitted
after being
discharged
"recovered "
• Highest in each year. t Lowest in each year.
Readmissions.
26. The total number of patients who were readmitted to the London County
mental hospitals during the year ended 31st March, 1929, after having been discharged
"recovered" from one or other of the London County mental hospitals, was 329.
Of this number 81 were readmitted within twelve months of the date of their
discharge.
27. Statistics as to recoveries and readmissions during the past 34 years are
as follows:—

Table: Table 8.

Table 8.

Mental hospital.Patients discharged "recovered" between 1895 and 1928Number of such patients readmitted to any London mental hospital up to 31st March, 1929.Percentage of readmissions in col. (ii) to discharges "recovered" in col. (i).Number of patients in col. (i) readmitted to any London mental hospital within twelve months of their discharge up to 31st March, 1929.Percentage of readmissions in col. (iv) to discharges "recovered" in col. (i)
(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)
Banstead5,4501,79933.0065211.96
Bexley (from 19th September, 1898)3,25889427.443059.35
Cane Hill3,9801,35033.9144411.15
Claybury6,4551,98930.8173511.38
Colney Hatch4,9251,55231.5154711.10
Hanwell5,4861,86233.9466712.15
Horton (from 3rd March, 1902—out of use from May, 1915, to November, 1919)1,66444426.681408.41
Long Grove (from 18th June, 1907)1,98551325.841819.11
The Manor(from8th June, 1899—out of use from July, 1916, to March, 1919; disused entirely as accommodation for cases of insanity since January, 1922)74220627.76699.29
Ewell Colony (from 19th August, 1903 —out of use from June, 1918, to February. 1927)1492416.1096.04
West Park (from 23rd June, 1924)44713429.97449.84
Total34,54110,76731.173,79310.98