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Under the Lunacy and Mental Treatment Acts.
Patients dealt with under the Lunacy and Mental Treatment
Acts during 1949, are as follows:—
(a) Certified and admitted to Warlingham Park
Hospital 66
(b) Admitted to Warlingham Park Hospital as
voluntary patients 116
(c) Removed to Mayday Hospital under Detention
Order 300
(d) Admitted to Warlingham Park Hospital as
temporary patients 3
(e) Investigated and no action taken 125
(f) Urgency Orders 8
618
Under the Mental Deficiency Act.
Number of known Mentally Defective Patients in the
Borough :
1948. 1949.
Under 5 years 14 26
Aged 5-16 years 108 84
Over 16 years 509. 549
Total 631 659
Compared with 1948 the cases show an increase of 28.
Four Institution patients have died in hospital.
The cases are distributed as follows:—
1948. 1949.
In Certified Institutions 235 267
In Approved Homes 5 2
On Licence from Institutions 18 20
Under Statutory supervision at home 208 210
Under Guardianship 71 70
In Mental Hospitals 14 12
Observation cases 77 76
In " Place of Safety " 3 2
631 659