Sussex County Lunatic Asylum Haywards Heath annual report : 1889

  • Great Britain. Sussex County Lunatic Asylum
Date:
1889
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Credit: Sussex County Lunatic Asylum Haywards Heath annual report : 1889. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT OF THE VISITING COMMISSIONERS IN LUNACY. Sussex Lunatic ASYLUM, Fune 9th, 1889. Tue date of the Commissioners’ last visit was 25th May, 1888. They then found upon the books the names of 845 patients. They, the patients, are now 879. Of these 245 belong to the contributing Borough of Brighton, 22 are chargeable to Hastings—these last are nearly all men, and are all under notice to leave—13 patients: are of the Private class, who if discharged, would, we understand, return in all probability as paupers; 3 others are of the Criminal class, 1 other is Out-County cases. The Asylum is certainly much over-crowded, but its airy site, good ventilation, and excellent arrangements, have hitherto obviated the ill results from over-crowded wards. We are glad to hear steps to send out the surplus population, under contract, to some other Asylum; but unless Brighton builds for itself, and dissolves its Union with Sussex, the extension of accommodation here appears to be a _ pressing necessity. The admissions since 25th May last have been 334, the discharges 120, the deaths 80. On EE ee ae ee ee ee ee Ce a ae ae ee ee ree — a