Annual report of the Brighton County Borough Mental Hospital : Haywards Heath : 1930

  • Great Britain. Brighton County Borough Mental Hospital
Date:
1930
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Credit: Annual report of the Brighton County Borough Mental Hospital : Haywards Heath : 1930. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The number of indirect admissions, that is patients transferred from other Mental Hospitals was, Males 9, Females 19, Total 28. Twenty-five Males and 43 Females were discharged recovered during the year giving a percentage of re- coveries calculated on direct admissions of 35.21 per cent. for Males and 36.13 per cent. for Females. The following casualities occurred during the year :— “L.T.” impacted Colles fracture of left arm, slipped and fellin ward. “W.E.D.” fracture of left femur. slipped and fell in ward. “A.G.K.” Potts fracture of left leg, fell in garden in epileptic fit. “‘F.W.”’ muscles of nght hand crushed, hand amputated. Her hand was caught in the roller of a calender in the laundry. “FE.N.” fracture of neck of right humerus, pushed over by another patient. “‘E.H.” Colles fracture of left arm, slipped and fell in corridor. “‘A.E.L.”’ Colles fracture of right arm, pushed over by another patient. “M.J.C.” fracture of neck of left femur, accidental fall. No inquest was held during the year. The death rate for the year was 9.58 per cent. for Males, and 8.95 per cent. for Females. The general health of the patients has been good. Five male patients, and 3 female patients were noti- fied as suffering from tuberculosis during the year, and I regret to record that one member of the female staff died from typhoid fever, and two members of the female staff developed tuberculosis. Seven male patients suffered from Erysipelas. Deputations from the following Boards of Guardians visited the Hospital and interviewed the patients chargeable to their several Unions. Eastbourne on 22nd January, and Brighton on 10th March. ‘They left favourable reports. A deputation from the Brighton Public Assistance Committee visited the patients chargeable to their Committee on 29th September, and left a favourable report. The Hon. H. C. Bailey, a Commissioner of the Board of Control visited the Hospital on 20th June. Dr. Forward, Headquarters Inspector, Ministry of Pensions visited on the 2nd January, 1931.
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