Annual report of the Brighton County Borough Mental Hospital : Haywards Heath : 1927

  • Great Britain. Brighton County Borough Mental Hospital
Date:
1927
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Credit: Annual report of the Brighton County Borough Mental Hospital : Haywards Heath : 1927. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LQ They were chargeable as follows :— M. EF, Lotas. Brighton Parish ... 182 301 483 The portion of Steyning Union included in the County Bor- ough of Brighton Nee 37 VO LIZ Out County Unions >. or 6 4 10 Private Patients ... nas 19 4] 60 Service Patients ... ay a 22 = 22 Ex-Service Patients or .. 2 ee 2 Patients under Contract— Eastbourne ... oa ene 49 87. - 136 Napsbury - a, ae ~— 15 15 Borough of Brighton sau. aes 2 5 7 The number of indirect admissions, that is patients transferred from other Hospitals, was males 12 and females 12; total 24. 27 males and 51 females wete discharged recovered during the year, giving a percentage of recoveries, calculated on direct admiss- ions of 35.53 per cent. for males, and 43.22 per cent. for females. This is not as high as last year but during the year 48 patients were admitted over 60 years of age. The following casualty occurred during the year. W.H., fracture dislocation of right shoulder on 10/12/27, caused by a fall in the dormitory while dressing. With an average daily number of 837 patients, the fact that there was only been one casualty, is proof of the great care and attention given by the Nursing Staff to the patients, the more so, when the great age of a number of the patients is taken into consideration. One inquest was held during the year on a male patient, A.G., who was admitted on January 28th, 1920 suffering from severe Epilepsy. He died on March 8th, 1927. ‘The verdict of the jury was, “‘ Died
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