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All patients boarded out are carefully medically assessed
and only four required re¬admission to hospital during the year.
The ready availability of psychiatric help and advice, and the
close support available to the landladies through the Boarding
Out Officer are still vital parts of the scheme and may go some
way to explaining why no landlady has so far withdrawn her
services.
Boarding Out allowances paid to landladies by the Corporation
in 1963 totalled £1,143. 8. 0. and the average weekly cost
per patient (excluding the Boarding Out Officer's salary) was
£1. 4. 0.
Number of patients already boarded out on 1.1.63 17
Number of patients placed during the year 25
Total 42
Subsequently left to live with relatives 9
„ „ lodgings of own choice 6
„ „ residential employment 3
Subsequently re¬admitted to hospital 4
Total 22
On 31.12.63 there were thus 20 patients in lodgings categorised
as follows: -
M.
F.
Total
Mentally ill
5
7
12
Subnormal
3
2
5
Severely subnormal
2
1
3
10
10
20
Analysis of mentally ill patients boarded out at 31.12.63.
Age Groups
Male
Female
Totals.
21 - 30 years
-
1
1
31-40 „
2
-
2
41 - 50 „
1
2
3
51-60 „
1
4
5
over 60
1
-
1
5
7
12
Length of previous, stay as hospital inpatient
Male
Female
Totals.
less than 1 year 3
1
4
1-2 years l
-
1
3-4 years l
-
1
over 20 years l
2
3
6
3
9