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Lunacy and Mental Treatment Acts 1890-1930
Patients admitted to Hospitals:-
As Voluntary Patients - Section 1, Mental Treatment Act 1930 13
As Temporary Patients - Section 5, „ „ „ „ 1
Under Summary Reception Orders - Section 16, Lunacy Act, 1890 4
Under 3 Day Orders - Section 20, Lunacy Act, 1890 428
446
Cases investigated but no action deemed necessary 86
The 428 patients admitted to hospitals under
Section 20 of the Lunacy Act were subsequently
dealt with as follows:-
Remained in hospitals as voluntary or informal patients 167
Certified under Section 16, Lunacy Act 1890 91
Became Temporary patients under Section 5, Mental Treatment
Act 1930 11
Discharged home 108
Discharged to Queens Hospital 9
Discharged to General Hospital for treatment 17
Discharged to Nursing Homes 7
Discharged to Welfare Hostels 6
Discharged to Police care 2
Died 10
428
Patients over 60 years of age admitted to
hospital under Section 20 of the Lunacy Act
(included in figures above)
Males Females
Aged 60 - 70 24 31
Aged 71 - 80 14 33
Over 80 10 25
48 89
The number of cases dealt with shows a slight increase over
1958. Towards the end of the year the informal admission procedure
was introduced which enabled any patient who was not unwilling
for treatment to be admitted to hospital informally in
the same way as patients are admitted to general hospitals and
this has now supplanted voluntary admissions.