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London County Council 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table 4.
| Mental hospital. | Number contracted for. | Charge a head a week provided for in tde original contract. | Charge a head a week on 1st January. 1930. | Date of commencement. | Full term of contract. | Date of expiry. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | Year | |||
| City of London | 35 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 1st July, 1923 | 7 | 30td June, 1930 (terminable earlier by six montds' notice). |
| Hants County | — | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 15td April, 1926 | 5 | 14td April, 1931 (terminable earlier by tdree montds' notice). |
| Ipswich Borough | — | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 22nd June, 192G | 5 | 21st June, 1931 (terminable earlier by tdree montds' notice). |
| Leicester City | — | 100 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16td July, 1924 * | 7 | 15td July, 1931 (terminable earlier by tdree montds notice). |
| Monmoutd County Oxford County | — | 20 | 1 | 2 | 8½ | 19 | 2½ | 8td January, 1927 3rd September. 1923 | 3 | 7td January, 1930. Extended for tdree years to 7td January, 1933 (terminable earlier by tdree montds' notice) for 55 patients only at a charge of 21s. a head a week. 2nd September, 1930 (terminable earlier by tdree montds' notice). | |
| Oxford Country | - | 20 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3rd September, 1923 | 7 | 2nd September, 1930. Extended for three years to 5th February, 1933(terminable earlier by three months notice) |
| Yorks, East Riding | — | 40 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6td February, 1926 | 4 | 5td February, 1930. Exten ded for tdree years to 5td February, 1933 (terminable earlier by tdree montds' notice) for 37 patients only. |
Table 5.
| Date. | Parish and jcounty patients. | Chargeable to Prison Commissioners. | Patients on private list, etc., and private patients at Horton. | Total. | Increase. | Decrease. |
| 1 | o | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1st January— | ||||||
| 1890 | 10,100 | 4 | — | 10,104 | — | — |
| 1900 | 15,061 | 17 | 107 | 15,185 | 5,081 (a) | — |
| 1910 | 19,288 | 39 | 587 | 19,914 | 4,729(a) | — |
| 1920 | 16,243 | 7 | 1,046 | 17,296 | — | 2,618(6) |
| 1921 | 16,557 | 40 | 1,219 | 17,816 | 520 | — |
| 1922 | 17,085 | 36 | 1,228 | 18,349 | 533 | — |
| 1923 | 17,343 | 15 | 1,142 | 18,500 | 151 | — |
| 1924 | 17,725 | 10 | 1,183 | 18,918 | 418 | — |
| 1925 | 17,653 | 10 | 1,397 | 19,060 | 142 | —. |
| 1926 | 17,876 | 13 | 1,416 | 19,308 | 248 | — |
| 1927 | 18,418 | 11 | 1,378 | 19,807 | 499 | |
| 1928 | 18,744 | 11 | 1,392 | 20,147 | 340 | — |
| 1929 | 19,426 | 13 | 1,432 | 20,871 | 724 | — |
| 1930 | 19.599 | 13 | 1.422 | 21,034 | 103 | _ |
Patientsincrease
in
number.
(a) In each year of these decennia there was an increase. The average yearly increase was, from 1890 to 1900
508, and from 1900 to 1910, 473.
(b) During the first 6 years of this decennium there was an average annual increase of 162. the next four years
(1916-1919) showed decreases averaging 1,078 a year, the last year (1920) showed an increase of 70.
19. The increase in the number of patients for whom the Council on 1st January,
1930, was responsible to find accommodation was 163. The number of additional
rate-aided patients was 173 (165 males, 8 females). There were 10 additional
patients on the private list and one additional patient in the private ward at Horton
mental hospital, but the number of service and ex-service patients decreased by 21.
In considering table 5 reference should be made to tables 9 to 12 inclusive and to
the corresponding tables in the Annual Report for 1928.
20. It will be seen that the total number of admissions, both direct and indirect
(table 9) was 3,563, as against 4,038 for 1928, a decrease of 475 ; the recoveries (table
10) were 906, as against 787 for 1928, an increase of 119 ; and the deaths numbered