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Croydon 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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53
Lunacy and Mental Treatment Act, 1956
Patients admitted to Mayday Hospital
under Section 20 403
Cases admitted as above disposed of as follows:-
Certified and admitted to Warlingham Park Hospital
or other Mental Hospitals 52
Admitted to Warlingham Park Hospital or other Mental
Hospitals under Temporary Order 9
Admitted to Warlingham Park Hospital or other Mental
Hospitals under Urgency Orders 16
Admitted to Warlingham Park Hospital or other Mental
Hospitals as Voluntary Patients 171
Transferred to ordinary Sick Wards 17
Discharged Home 106
DECEASED 9
Transferred to Queen's Hospital 10
Discharged to Mental Defective Colony -
Discharged to Nursing Homes 13
403
Cases admitted to Warlingham Park Hospital
Direct under Section 20 12
Cases admitted to Warlingham Park Hospital
Direct as Voluntary Patients 16
Cases investigated and no action deemed necessary 90
Under the Mental Deficiency Act
Number of known Mentally Defective Patients in the Borough:-
1956
1957
Under 5 years
54
80
Aged 5-16 years
150
126
Over 16 years
600
624
Total
804
830
Compared with 1956 the cases show an increase of 26.
8 Institution patients have died in hospital.