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London County Council 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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12
Average daily
number on
registers—
Recovery
rate on total
admissions.
Table 11.
| Hospital. | Remaining on registers 31st December, 1928. | Average daily number on registers, 31st Dec., 1928. | Percentages of recoveries on total admissions, 1928. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (i) | (ii) | (iii) | |||||||
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | |
| Banstead | 1,115 | 1,394 | 2,509 | 1,067 | 1,166 | 2,233 | 12.05 | 10.54 | 11.09 |
| Bexley | 1,045 | 1,130 | 2,175 | 1,028 | 1,126 | 2,154 | 23.85 | 23.69 | 23.78 |
| Cane Hill | 862 | 1,261 | 2,123 | 851 | 1,270 | 2,121 | 13.95 | 28.90 | 21.40 |
| Claybury | 998 | 1,314 | 2,312 | 981 | 1,280 | 2,261 | 21.85 | 21.39 | 21.58 |
| Colney Hatch | 1,070 | 1,491 | 2,561 | 1,041 | 1,492 | 2,533 | 16.30 | 24.13 | 20.24 |
| Ewell Colony | 101 | 335 | 436 | 100 | 322 | 422 | 6.25 | 33.85 | 30.76 |
| Hanwell | 1,024 | 1,363 | 2,387 | 1,022 | 1,360 | 2,382 | 30.40 | 21.73 | 25.00 |
| Horton | 269 | 1,671 | 1,940 | 270 | 1,670 | 1,940 | — | 16.47 | 15.34 |
| Long Grove | 1,090 | 1,023 | 2,113 | 1,061 | 1,021 | 2,082 | 17.03 | 33.08 | 23.89 |
| West Park | 1,133 | 975 | 2,108 | 1,122 | 949 | 2,071 | 27.89 | 13.73 | 18.56 |
| 8,707 | 11,957 | 20,664 | 8,543 | 11,656 | 20,199 | 19.97 | 19.16 | 19.48 | |
Recovery
rate on direct
admissions—
Death rate.
Table 12.
| Hospital. | Percentage of total recoveries on direct admissons, 1928. | Percentage of recoveries yielded by direct admissions on the direct admissions | Percentage of deaths on average daily number on registers, 1928. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (i) | (ii) | (iii) | |||||||
| M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | |
| Banstead | 12.31 | 25.36 | 17.80 | 4.34 | 6.34 | 5.19 | 7.68 | 3.85 | 5.68 |
| Bexley | 25.12 | 24.55 | 24.86 | 11.11 | 11.97 | 11.49 | 8.26 | 4.97 | 6.54 |
| Cane Hill | 14.51 | 29.60 | 22.08 | 4.83 | 12.00 | 8.43 | 6.69 | 4.88 | 5.61 |
| Claybury | 23.91 | 22.54 | 23.09 | 10.14 | 7.84 | 8.77 | 5.91 | 5.93 | 5.92 |
| Colney Hatch | 19.64 | 29.34 | 24.47 | 4.16 | 10.77 | 7.46 | 6.05 | 4.42 | 5.09 |
| Ewell Colony | 11.11 | 34.12 | 32.59 | — | 12.69 | 11.85 | 6.00 | 4.65 | 4.97 |
| Hanwell | 32.47 | 22.50 | 26.18 | 11.96 | 17.00 | 15.14 | 4.89 | 6.10 | 5.58 |
| Horton | — | 24.16 | 24.16 | — | 2.50 | 2.50 | 2.96 | 4.85 | 4.58 |
| Long Grove | 17.71 | 33.58 | 24.59 | 7.42 | 13.43 | 10.03 | 6.03 | 4.11 | 5.09 |
| West Park | 30.37 | 15.82 | 20.96 | 14.07 | 7.50 | 9.82 | 9.71 | 12.43 | 10.96 |
| 21.69 | 23.95 | 22.97 | 8.55 | 9.78 | 9.25 | 6.81 | 5.52 | 6.06 | |
Analysis of
statistics.
30. The hospital with the highest number of direct admissions was West
Park, the most recently opened institution, followed by Banstead, Bexley, Clayburv
and Colney Hatch. Including the indirect admissions, the hospital with the
highest total number of admissions was again West Park, followed by Banstead
and Colney Hatch. The hospitals with the largest number of patients under treatment
during the year were West Park, followed by Colney Hatch and Banstead.
Excluding the Ewell Colony and Horton mental hospital, which have less accommodation
than the other mental hospitals, the hospital with the lowest number under
treatment was Cane Hill, followed by Long Grove, Bexley and Claybury.
31. The hospital with the highest number of discharges "recovered" was
West Park, followed by Bexley and Banstead. The hospital with the lowest number
of discharges "recovered" (excluding Ewell Colony and Horton) was Cane Hill,
followed by Long Grove. The hospital with the highest number of discharges
to the care of friends was West Park, followed by Colney Hatch and Bexley, and
the hospital with the highest number of discharges "relieved" or "not improved
was West Park followed by Colney Hatch and Bexley. On the total number of
discharges, West Park was highest, followed by Colney Hatch and Bexley.
32. The hospitals with the highest death rates in proportion to the average
daily numbers resident were West Park (10.96 per cent.) and Bexley (6.54 per cent.).
The lowest death rate (excluding Ewell Colony and Horton) was at Claybury (5.92
per cent.).
33. The percentage of recoveries on the total admissions for all the mental
hospitals was 19.48 as compared with 17.82 for 1927, and the percentage of deaths