Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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The following table shows the admissions at each of the London County mental hospitals during 1946, including voluntary and temporary patients received under the provisions of the Mental Treatment Act, 1930:— Table 3
Hospital | Total number on register, 1st January, 1946 | Admissions, 1946 | Total number under treatment, 1946 | |||||||||||||||
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Direct | Indirect, t.e.f by transfer from other mental hospitals | Total | ||||||||||||||||
London County | Other County | |||||||||||||||||
Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | F. | Total | Male | F. | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | |
Banstead | 897 | 1,601 | 2,498 | 130 | 259 | 389 | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 131 | 262 | 393 | 1,028 | 1,863 | 2,891 |
Bexley | 965 | 1,294 | 2,259 | 152 | 224 | 376 | _ | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 154 | 231 | 385 | 1,119 | 1,525 | 2,644 |
Cane Hill | 710 | 1,527 | 2,237 | 106 | 323 | 429 | _ | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 107 | 326 | 433 | 817 | 1,853 | 2,670 |
Claybury | 894 | 1,286 | 2,180 | 165 | 201 | 366 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 171 | 209 | 380 | 1,065 | 1,495 | 2,560 |
Frien | 978 | 1,078 | 2,056 | 64 | 154 | 218 | 9 | 62 | 71 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 80 | 219 | 299 | 1,058 | 1,297 | 2,355 |
Long Grove | 1,182 | 1,226 | 2,408 | 188 | 130 | 318 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | _ | 2 | 191 | 132 | 323 | 1,373 | 1,358 | 2,731 |
St. Bernard's | 680 | 1,183 | 1,863 | 133 | 234 | 367 | 206 | 175 | 381 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 345 | 413 | 758 | 1,025 | 1,596 | 2,621 |
St. Ebba's | 312 | 319 | 631 | 315 | 239 | 554 | 315 | 239 | 554 | 627 | 558 | 1,185 | ||||||
West Park | 1,042 | 1,250 | 2,292 | 93 | 142 | 235 | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 95 | 145 | 240 | 1,137 | 1,395 | 2,532 |
* The Manor | 58 | 76 | 134 | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 58 | 76 | 134 |
*St. Lawrence's | — | 165 | 165 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 166 | 165 |
Total | 7,718 | 11,005 | 18,723 | 1,346 | 1,906 | 3,252 | 219 | 248 | 467 | 24 | 22 | 46 | 1,589 | 2,176 | 3,765 | 9,307 | 13,181 | 22,488 |