Annual report of the Mental Hospitals Committee and of the medical superintendents & chaplains of the County Hospitals at Barming Heath and Chartham : also the reports of the Board of Control for the year 1931 / Kent County Mental Hospitals.

  • Kent County Mental Hospital at Barming Heath.
Date:
1932
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Credit: Annual report of the Mental Hospitals Committee and of the medical superintendents & chaplains of the County Hospitals at Barming Heath and Chartham : also the reports of the Board of Control for the year 1931 / Kent County Mental Hospitals. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The disposal of these cases has been as below :— Considered recovered ... ... ... 15 Certification advised ... ... ... 11 Not again reported ... ... ... 5 Admitted as Voluntary Patients ... 4 Referred to Mental Deficiency Authorities 2 37 As this work increases, the necessity of a social worker mentioned in my last Report, becomes more apparent. With regards patients admitted to Banning under the New Act, temporary patients have been eight in number, but during the period under review, have not been altogether suitable as such, and certification, in some eases, has been called for. The admission of Voluntary patients was not authorised until late in the year, but the desirability of such treatment is apparent in the greater hope given the patients, and also from the fact that recovery is more rapid. In addition, a bed in the Hospital is occupied, as a rule, for a less time than would be the case if the patient had been admitted under certificate. State of Hospital.—(Tables A). M. F. Totals. Accommodation of the Hospital . 750 1180 1930 Number of patients 1st January, 1931 751 1190 1941 ,, ,, Admitted in 1931... 125 211 336 ,, ,, Discharged in 1931 57 132 189 ,, ,, Died in 1931 . 45 90 135 ,. ,, 31st December, 1931 773 1180 1953 Average daily numbers resident in 1931 761 1177 1938 Number of “ Service ” Patients. 59 — 59