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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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    THE REPORT OF A’ COMMISSIONER OF TH BOARD OF CONTROL, BRIGHTON COUNTY BOROUGH MENTAL HOSPITAL. 20th June, 1930. Since this Hospital was last visited by one of my colleagues 127 patients have been admitted, 2] have been transferred to other care, 59 have been discharged (48 upon recovery) and 58 have died. Eleven patients have been allowed out on trial to test their suitability for discharge, money allowances being granted in six cases. There are now on the statutory books the names of 872 patients but three were out on trial at the time of my visit leaving in residence 346 men and 523 women, a total of 869. There are 84 private patients, of whom 38 are women, 26 are service and two are ex-service patients. The out-County patients number 145 of whom the bulk are here under Contract from Eastbourne and Napsbury Mental Hospital. The Hospital appears to be overcrowded to the extent of 78 patients on each side calculating upon the day space available, though the night space shows vacancies for 7 men and 54 women. | The weekly maintenance charge per head is 25s. 1d. for Home Patients and from 28s to 105s. for private patients, the average weekly maintenance cost as last ascertained being 25s. 7$ per head. Seventeen men and 32 women have full parole and 61 men have parole within the estate. There has been no mechanical restraint and very little seclusion since my colleague’s visit in November of last year.
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