Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 42
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 in hospitals during the year | Number on register on 31st December | |||||
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1958 | 1959 | 1958 | 1959 | 1958 | 1959 | 1958 | 1959 | 1958 | 1959 | |
Certified-Males | 138 | 129 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 129 | 120 |
Females | 179 | 171 | 47 | 32 | 48 | 39 | 7 | 15 | 171 | 149 |
Total | 317 | 300 | 61 | 50 | 66 | 60 | 12 | 21 | 300 | 269 |
Temporary-Males | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
Females | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | - | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Total | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Voluntary-Males | 86 | 96 | 117 | 91 | 102 | 89 | 5 | 4 | 96 | 94 |
Females | 80 | 97 | 138 | 140 | 115 | 135 | 6 | 6 | 97 | 96 |
Total | 166 | 193 | 255 | 231 | 217 | 224 | 11 | 10 | 193 | 190 |
Grand Totals | 487 | 497 | 322 | 290 | 288 | 288 | 24 | 36 | 497 | 463 |
Number of patients admitted to observation wards
1958 | 1959 | |
---|---|---|
Males | 17 | 22 |
Females | 18 | 18 |
Total | 35 | 40 |
Number of patients released on trial | 1958 | 1959 |
Males | 8 | 9 |
Females | 32 | 21 |
Total | 40 | 30 |
Number of patients returned from trial | 1958 | 1959 |
Males | 2 | 2 |
Females | 9 | 4 |
Total | 11 | 6 |
Disposition of Mental Patients
1958 | 1959 | |||
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Runwell Hospital | Other Hospitals | Runwell Hospital | Other Hospitals | |
In patients on 1st January | 475 | 12 | 484 | 13 |
Admissions during the year | 319 | 3 | 286 | 4 |
Discharges during the year | 286 | 2 | 285 | 3 |
Deaths during the year | 24 | - | 35 | 1 |
In patients on 31st December | 484 | 13 | 450 | 13 |