Report of the Upton Mental Hospital management committee : group no.XVI for year ended March 31st, 1950 / Liverpool Regional Hospital Board.

  • Upton Mental Hospital (Chester, England)
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[1950?]
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Credit: Report of the Upton Mental Hospital management committee : group no.XVI for year ended March 31st, 1950 / Liverpool Regional Hospital Board. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Upton Mental Hospital, Chester. February, 1950. Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour to submit the Annual Report of the Medical Superintendent for the year 1949. The following summary shows the changes in the Hospital population. M. F. T. M. F. T. Number of patients on the books, 1st January, 1949 Admissions:— 689 967 1656 Direct . 181 322 503 Transfers . Total number of admissions ... ■ 8 21 29 189 343 532 Total number under treatment Discharged and removals 116 244 360 878 1310 2188 Died . Remaining on the 31st Decern- 37 49 86 153 293 446 ber, 1949 . 725 1017 1742 Present accommodation .. 834 1079 1913 Excess or deficiency in accom- modation . 109 62 171 ADMISSIONS The total number of admissions during the year was 532 (189 males and 343 females). Twenty-nine of these were transferred from other Mental Hospitals (8 males and 21 females). One hundred and eighty-six Voluntary patients were admitted during the year (62 males and 124 females). Four Temporary patients were admitted. The reopening of closed wards and overcrowding by 20% over the statutory accommodation (1,594 beds) has enabled us to admit 191 more patients than in 1948. The increase was most marked in the Female Voluntary patients (124 as against 40 last year) following the reopening of F.13 as an open door Voluntary Ward.