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London County Council 1928

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

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28. Records have been kept ol readmissions since 1895 and the figures relating
to the five hospitals which were in existence then are quite consistent. From these
it appears that of the discharges "recovered" more than thirty per cent, have
relapsed sooner or later after discharge and about eleven per cent, within twelve
months after discharge.
Admissions, Deaths and Discharges.
29. The following tables (9 and 10) give particulars of the admissions, deaths Admissions,
and discharges at each of the London County mental hospitals during 1928. In
tables 11 and 12 are statistics of the death and recovery rates:—

Table: Table 9.

Table 9.

Hospital.Admissions—1928.Total number under treatment, 1928.*
Direct.IndirectTotal.
(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)
M.F.Total.M.F.Total.M.F.Total.M.F.Total.
Banatead27620548162882942824937751,2971,5362,833
Bexley207167374116172181733911,2321,2932,525
Cane Hill1241252495381291282579711,4022,373
Claybury1382043421311241512153661,1251,4802,605
Colney Hatch1681673353436702022034051,2151,6862,901
Ewell Colony912613571816127143115423538
Hanwell117200317†8715125207332†1,1381,5402,678
Horton—120120135669131761892801,8412,121
Long Grove1751343097291821363181,2421,1492,391
West Park2704937632475992945688621,4041,5372,941
1,4841,9413,4251284856131,6122,4264,03810,01913,88723,906

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*i.e. Total of column (iii) and numbers of patients resident on 1st January, 1928, given in Table 2 in
the Annual Report, 1927, Vol. II., p. 5.
† Includes one male patient subsequently discharged as not "insane."

Table: Table 10.

Table 10.

Hospital.Discharged (excluding transfers to other mental hospitals, but including eases sent for further care in institutions of the M.A.B.)—1928.Died, 1928.
Recovered.To care of friends on undertakings under sec. 79 of the Lunacy Act, 1890.Relieved or not improved, otherwise than under col. ii.*Total discharges.
(i)(ii)(iii)(v)
M.F.Total.M.F.Total.M.F.Total.(iv)M.F.Total.
Banstead3452862515403922611878245127
Bexley5241932343662950792388556141
Cane Hill183755511161416301015762119
Claybury3346791672925541405876134
Colney Hatch3349822252743861992556366129
Ewell Colony14344—3349136061521
Hanwell384583915241519341415083133
Horton—2929—1111129307088189
Long Grove314576310131315281176442106
West Park82781603243755459113348109118227
3224657871202093292363055411,6575826441,226

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Discharges
and deaths.
One patient discharged "not insane" is not included.
* "Relieved" or "not improved" for the purpose of this table includes discharges to a workhouse (including an
institution provided by the Metropolitan Asylums Board), discharges of patients whom it is intended to deal with under
the Mental Deficiency Act, discharges of alien patients for repatriation, discharges of private patients by order of a relative
or the person making payment for maintenance (Sec. 72, Lunacy Act, 1890), discharges following escape if a patient is not
recaptured within 14 days (and, occasionally, on the expiration of a reception older which is not continued as provided for
by sec. 38 of the Lunacy Act, 1890), as well as discharges (made by order of visitors) of patients who, though not recovered,
can be cared for outside the hospital, but in whose cases undertakings under sec. 79 of the Lunacy Act, 1890, are not given.
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