Annual report for the year 1917 : (20th year of issue) / Metropolitan Asylums Board.

  • Metropolitan Asylums Board (London, England)
Date:
1918
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Credit: Annual report for the year 1917 : (20th year of issue) / Metropolitan Asylums Board. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table XXYI. Summary showing the movement [i.e., admission, discharges, dc.] of the asylums population (exclusive of feeble-minded patients) during 1917. M. F. Total. M. F. Total. In the asylums 1 January, 1917... ... > Total cases admitted during the year— 3,403 3,714 7,117 Direct cases 426 498 924 Indirect cases ... — 10 10 426 OO o 934 Total cases under treatment during the year ... Discharged or transferred* during the year as— 3,829 4,222 8,051 Not insane 2 2 Recovered 11 3 17 Relieved 36 23 59 Not improved ... 58 60 118 Died ... 714 665 1,379 Total cases discharged, transferred, and died du ring the year ... 824 751 1,575 Remaining in the asylums 31 December, 1917 • • ... • • * 3,005 3,471 6,476 Average number resident during the year ... ... ... ... 3,154 3,564 6,718 * Exclusive of transfers between the Board’s own asylums. Table XXYII. Table shoiving the total admissions, deaths, and discharges of feeble-minded patients during 1917. M. F. T. Remaining 31 December, 1916 ... 361 328 689 Admitted ... f 116 35 151 Total cases under treatment during the year ... 477 363 840 M. F. T. Discharged... ... ... 71 25 *96 Died. 21 7 28 — 92 32 124 Remaining 31 December, 1917 ... 385 331 716 * Of this number 8 were transferred to the imbecile section of Darenth Industrial Colony and the remain¬ der left at the desire of their relatives, themselves, or the guardians of their respective unions. 161 from Belmont Workhouse. ‘ Table XXYIII. Table showing the total admissions, deaths, and discharges of sane epileptic patients during the year 1917. M. F. T. Admitted (first admissions) 377 35 412 Total cases under treatment during the year ... M. F. T. Discharged ... ... 98 16 114 371 35 412 Died .... ... ... 35 — 35 133 16 149 Remaining 31 December, 1917 ... 244 19 263