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remarkably well almost without exception. This is a great
encouragement, and is definite evidence that the Mental Hospital
for an increasing number of people is no longer merely a place of
detention, but a hospital in the real sense of the word. It is to
be hoped that more and more patients will be admitted DIRECTLY
to the Mental Hospital instead of via the "Observation Ward."
The Nerve Clinic continues to establish new contacts within
the Borough of West Ham, and the sources from which patients
come are steadily increasing. Referrals have come from General
Practitioners, Public Health Medical Staff, Court Probation
Officers, Relieving Officers, from Whipps Cross Hospital, and
the Invalid and Crippled Children's Hospital, and from Welfare
Centres in West Ham. As in past years, a certain number of
patients discharged from the Mental Hospital have kept in touch
with the medical staff through the Clinic. This has been valuable
in giving some sense of security to patients who are finding difficulty
in readjusting themselves to normal life, and has been instrumental
in preventing relapses.
To the various doctors in private practice, to the medical
services in the Borough, and to the various Public Assistance
officials who have co-operated in the work of the Clinic—our
thanks are due, and we record our appreciation.
Total number of new cases examined in 1936 75
Total number of consultations, therapeutic and diagnostic 341
Types of Mental Illness.
Psychoses-
Schizophrenia 9
Cyclothymia 11
Paranoia 1
Cerebral Arteriopathy 3
Epilepsy 2
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Psychoneuroses—
Anxiety States 4
Compulsion 2
Hysteria 1
Hypochondriasis 1
Sex Abnormality 1
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Total 35
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