Sixty-first annual report of the visiting committee of the City of London Mental Hospital, at Stone, near Dartford, in the County of Kent.

  • City of London Mental Hospital (Stone, Kent, England)
Date:
[1927?]
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Credit: Sixty-first annual report of the visiting committee of the City of London Mental Hospital, at Stone, near Dartford, in the County of Kent. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    when tlie liberty of the subject is infringed; that certifi¬ cation shonld be the last resort, and not a necessary preliminary to treatment; and that the procedure for certification should be simplified, made uniform for private and rate-aided cases alike and dissociated from the Poor Law.” We earnestly trust that legislation will be introduced at an early date to bring about this long overdue and urgently necessary reform of the lunacy laws. A\ e have sustained a very real loss, by the: death of our dear friend and colleague, Alderman Sir James Roll, Bt. For the past ten years! during which lie had been a. member of our body, he had taken the greatest interest in1 the welfare of the patients. He frequently visited the Hospital, ev'en when his health was impaired-. The keen intelligence and nipe experience which he brought to bear on questions! con¬ nected with the management of the, Institution were of the utmost value to his colleagues and the Hospital.* the sad death, m July last, of Professor R. H. Steen, who retired from the office of Medical Superintendent so recently as June, 1925, deprived us of a tried and valued friend. Hisi illneissi had been a painful one, and we can only derive consolation from the fact that his passing brought peace to one who had in his time done so much to alleviate the sufferings of others. It is again our pleasant duty to thank Dr. William Robinson, the Medical Superintendent, for the admirable manner in which he has performed his duties during the past yeni. His enthusiastic attention to all matters has given us a lively sense of satisfaction. * Alderman Sir James Roll, Bt., died on the 80th January, 1927, after the expiration of the period covered by this report.