The ninth annual report of the Brighton County Borough Asylum, Haywards Heath : being the 54th annual report since the opening of the asylum, for the year 1912.

  • Brighton County Borough Asylum.
Date:
1913
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Credit: The ninth annual report of the Brighton County Borough Asylum, Haywards Heath : being the 54th annual report since the opening of the asylum, for the year 1912. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    We saw all the patients, and gave to each the opportunity of talking to us, of which many availed themselves. They appeared to be generally contented, and made but few complaints. Their dress and personal condition were generally satisfactory, except those of the women in Female Ward 6, with respect to which we made some suggestions. We saw dinner served in the dining halls. That on the female side, consisting of meat pie and meat pudding, gave evident satisfaction ; that for the men, consisting of plum pudding, was not generally popular. The portions served were ample, and we would suggest that the experiment might be tried of giving somewhat less quantity of pudding and adding bread and cheese. The beds and bedding were clean and in proper order, and sufficient. No use of mechanical restraint or seclusion has been recorded in the period to which this Report applies. The statistics for igii shew that the attendance during the year at the Sunday services in the Chapel and at the weekly entertainments was below the average ; and we think something more should be done to provide for the religious needs of the Roman Catholic patients, 35 in number, for whom there were no services. The proportion of the women usefully employed was satisfactory ; that of the men less so. The causes of death were verified by post mortem examination in 6g per cent, of the 51 deaths, nearly one-fifth of which resulted from general paralysis. An