The second annual report of the Brighton County Borough Asylum, Haywards Heath : being the 47th annual report since the opening of the asylum, for the year 1905.

  • Brighton County Borough Asylum
Date:
1906
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Credit: The second annual report of the Brighton County Borough Asylum, Haywards Heath : being the 47th annual report since the opening of the asylum, for the year 1905. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Sanatorium remains unoccupied, and we under¬ stand that the Committee are now considering the question of providing a small Isolation Hospital in its place. Should this be done it is proposed to devote the Sanatorium to the accommodation of 40 male patients, the Asylum on the male side being now full. If this proposal is to be carried out wTe must repeat the recommendation that before the Sanatorium is again used for the reception of patients it ought to be rendered safe in the event of an outbreak of fire, by adopting the suggestions made at previous visits by members of our Board. There are on the books the names of 858 patients, in the proportion of 383 males to 475 females. Of these 17 are Private patients and as many as 271 Out-County patients, 60 being chargeable to West Ham and 202 to Cardiff. We have seen all the patients with the exception of one woman who was absent on trial. We found those in residence properly clothed, and for the most part quiet and orderly in their behaviour, and free from complaints, which were not obviously the outcome of delusion. But numerous appeals for discharge were made to us by patients on both sides of the Asylum. From the returns made to our Office for the year 1904, we notice among other items that about one-fourth of the entire patients were altogether confined for exercise to the airing grounds. This proportion, which we regard as excessive, may, we hope, be found to be capable of reduction.
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