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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
East Ham 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 43
MENTAL PATIENTS - LUNACY AND MENTAL TREATMENT ACTS
| Type of patient | Number on register on 1st January | Admissions to Hospitals during the year | Discharges from Hospitals during the year | Deaths ln hospitals during the year | Number on register on 31st December | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1967 | 1968 | 1967 | 1958 | 1957 | 1950 | 1957 | 1950 | 1957 | ||
| Certified | Males | 140 | 138 | 14 | 26 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 138 | 138 |
| Females | 171 | 184 | 43 | 32 | 24 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 184 | 179 | |
| Total | 311 | 322 | 67 | 67 | 34 | 38 | 12 | 24 | 322 | 310 | |
| Temporary | Males | - | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| Females | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Total | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | |
| Voluntary | Males | 92 | 96 | 73 | 61 | 06 | 52 | 4 | 8 | 95 | 88 |
| Females | 106 | 91 | 86 | 78 | 85 | 84 | 15 | 6 | 91 | 80 | |
| Total | 198 | 188 | 168 | 129 | 161 | 138 | 19 | 13 | 180 | 166 | |
| Grand Totals | 613 | 613 | 220 | 189 | 188 | 174 | 32 | 41 | 513 | 487 | |
Number of patients released on trial
| Females | 20 | 28 | ||
| Total | 31 | 40 | ||
Number of patients returned from trial
| 1956 | 1957 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Males | 3 | 3 | |
| Females | 10 | 11 | |
| Total | 13 | 14 | |
Disposition of Mental Patients
| 1956 | 1967 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runwell Hospital | Other Hosp ltals | Runwell Hospital | Other Hospitals | |
| In patients on 1st January | 504 | 9 | 503 | 10 |
| Admissions during the year | 215 | 5 | 185 | 4 |
| Discharges during the year | 188 | - | 172 | 2 |
| Deaths during the year | 31 | 1 | 41 | |
| In patients on 31st December | 500 | 13 | 475 | 12 |