Annual report 1954-1955 : Exminster Hospital, Digby Hospital, Wonford House Hospital / Devon Mental Hospital Management Committee.

  • Devon Mental Hospital Management Committee.
Date:
[1955?]
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Credit: Annual report 1954-1955 : Exminster Hospital, Digby Hospital, Wonford House Hospital / Devon Mental Hospital Management Committee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GROUP STATISTICS Patients The following figures summarise the admission and discharge of patients in the Group hospitals during the year 1954 :— Voluntary, Temporary and Certified Patients Patients admitted under sec. 20j21, Lunacy Act, 1890 Number of Patients on the Registers, 1st January, 1954 2186 9 Admissions during 1954 * 868 3054 t 66 66 Discharges during 1954 664 39 Died during 1954 207 871 21 60 Number of Patients on the Registers, 31st December, 1954 A y• ••• «*• ••• 2183 ^ : 6 * Includes those patients first admitted under Sec. 20/21 of the Lunacy Act, 1890, and subsequently dealt with as Voluntary, Temporary or Certified Patients. t Excludes those subsequently dealt with. : i 1954 1953 Total Admissions 934 857 Total Discharges . 703 627 1954 1953 *Emergency admissions under Sec. 20/21, Lunacy Act (included in total admissions, above). ... ••• ••• • 300 291 Number of patients actually resident on 1954 1953 31st December 2173 2182 Of those resident, aged 65 and over 775 7b7