Annual report of the Department of Public Health of the Province of Saskatchewan.

  • Saskatchewan. Department of Public Health.
Date:
[1934]
    The Mental Hospital, Weyburn Weybubn, August 16, 1935. R. O. Davison, M.D., Deputy Mmister of PuMic Health. Sir: I have the honour to submit the fourteenth annual report of the Mental Hospital, Weyburn, for the year ended April 30, 1935, for your consideration. We began the year with a total of 1,525; 959 male patients and 566 female patients. At the end of the year our total population was 1,590, being com¬ posed of 997 male patients and 593 female. There has been thus a net gain in •our total population of 65. The net gain in our mental defective population was 43, so that the population of cases suffering from psychoses increased only 22. Our mental defective population has increased 88 in the past twO' years. As our accommo¬ dation for mental defectives is extremely limited and as applications for admis¬ sion become more numerous year by year many applicants who really should be in an institution have to be refused admission and it is hoped that the time is not far distant when provision can be made for this type of patient in a separate institution. Our limited accommodation for the care of our refractory and deteriorated cases also makes the work very difficult, especially on the female side of the institution. While fortunately our net increase in population has not been large the number of deteriorated cases in an institution of this kind always increase from year to year. The general health of our patients and staff has been fairly satisfactory throughout the year, with the exception of an outbreak of measles during the winter. Apparently this was brought to us by one of our staff from Regina. ,It was an unusually severe type and quite a number of our children especially were seriously affected, in addition to a good deal of time being lost by members of the staff. Last year was a rather disheartening year from the standpoint of outdoor employment for our patients as the dry weather and grasshoppers seriously depleted all crops and garden products. I have in previous reports mentioned our water supply both from the city and auxiliary supply from the river. Last winter we found it extremely difficult to secure an adequate supply of ice. In the best of years our ice supply can be obtained only with difficulty here and the possibility of any move un the part of other organizations to secure a water supply for any purpose from the hospital section of the river causes us a good deal of concern. Yours faithfully, A. D. Campbell, M.D., Superintendent.
    Table No. 1. Showing the Movement of Patients from IMay 1, 1934, to April 30, 1935. 1 1 1 1 1 Male Female Total Remaining on our register Anril 30. 1934 .. 959 566 1,525 Male Female Total Admissions First admissions . 157 107 264 Readmissions . 31 23 54 Transfers . • ••• • • • • • • • • Total admitted . 188 130 318 Total under treatment during the year 1,147 696 1,843 Male Female Total Separations during the year:: Paroled . 77 62 139 Died . 63 40 103 'Deported . 1 1 2 Eloped . 9 •. • • 9 Total removed from our register ... 150 103 253 Total remaining on our register April 30, 1935.. ' 1 997 *593 1,590 The above table is presented to show the movement of all patients with which we had to deal during the year from May 1, 1934, to April 30, 1935, inclusive. In order to present statistics of any value the following tables, two and three, have been prepared so as to differentiate between mental defectives and the mentally deranged. The following statistics refer solely to the mentally diseased and do not include mental defectives. Total number admitted . 256 Total number discharged . 129 Percentage of discharges or admissions. 50.390 Total number males admitted . 150 Total number of males discharged. 76 Percentage of discharges of admissions . 50.666 Total number of females admitted . 106 Total number of females discharged . 53 Percentage of discharges of admissions . 50.000 The following statistics refer to all patients under treatment in t tution during the year. Total number of cases under treatment. 1,843 Total number of deaths during year . 103 Percentage of deaths of cases under treatment.... 5.588 —Cine male and one female deportations included among those discharged.
    Table No. 2. Statistics for Others Than Mental Defectives—May 1, 1934, to April 30, 1935. Months Admis¬ sions Paroles Deaths Deporta¬ tions Elope¬ ments M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. 1934 May . 14 11 6 4 11 6 • ••• • • t • 1 • • • • June . 11 11 9 6 2 6 • • • • 1 • ••• «• • • July . 15 12 6 3 2 2 * • • • • • • • 1 • •« « August . 8 5 9 2 •5 1 1 • • • • 1 •«• • September . 5 13 5 4 4 «• • • • • • • .... • • • • October . 19 9 7 11 • • • • li • t • • • • • • 1 November. 16 5 6 7 2 1 «• * • • ••• • ••• December . 14 7 6 4 2 1 • t • • .... 1935 January . 11 4 3 1 8 4 • • • • • • • • • • • • • ••• February . 10 5 3 3 7 2 • • • • • • • * .... • • * • March . 12 10 7 3 • ••• 1 • • • • • • • • April . 15 14 5 4 8 5 ...* •••• .... .... Total . 150 l!06 71 52 51 30 1 1 4 .... Grand total . 256 123 81 2 1 4 Table No. 3. Statistics for Mental Defectives—May 1, 1934, to April 30, 1935. Months Admis¬ sions Paroles Deaths Deporta¬ tions Elope¬ ments M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. 1934 May . 3 3 • • • • 2 1 • ••• *••• • ••• • • • • • • • • June . 5 2 1 1 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 3 • • • • July . 5 2 1 1 • • • • 1 • • • • • ••• • ... • ••• August . 3 1 1 1 • ••• 2 • • • • 2 • ••» September . 5 4 • • • •• •.»• 1 • • • • • ••• October .. 4 4 * • • • 1 li 1 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • * November . 1 2 • • • • 3 1 • • • • • • • • • • t • • • • • • • • • December . 3 2 1 • • • • 2 1 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •» 1935 January . 3 1 1 1 5 1 • • • • • • • • • ••• «• • • February . 2 2 1 • ••• • ••• 2 • • • • • • • • March . 2 • • • • • • • • 1 1 • • • • • • • • • • • • April . 2 1 .... .... 1 .... • • • • .... .... • • • • Total . 38 24 6 10 12 10 • • • • • • • * 5 • • • • • ••
    Table No. 4—^Classification of Mental Defectives. (1) Admissions. (2) Paroles. (3) Deaths. (4) Deportations. (5) Elopements. Admis¬ sions Paroles Deaths Deporta¬ tions Elope¬ ments M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. Idiots . 13 10 2 1 9 4 Imbeciles . 19 13 3 5 3 6 .... . -.. 2 Morons . 4 1 1 4 «... •.. • .... .... 3 .... Not differentiated . 2 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... Total. 38 24 6 10 Il2 10 .... .... 5 .... Grand Total. 62 16 22 .... 5 1 <
    Table No. 5.—'Classification of Cases. (1) Admissions. (2) Paroles. (3) Deaths. (4) Deportations. (5) Elopements. Classification Admis¬ sions Paroles Deaths Deporta¬ tions Elope¬ ments M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. Acute alcoholism . 1 1 .... .... .... . •. • .... .... Alcoholic psychosis . 1 .... 1 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... Epileptic psychosis . 14 5 7 3 1 .... .... .... .... .... General paralysis of the insane.. 10 .... 1 .... 2 .... .... .... .... .... Involution melancholia . 2 4 .... 1 1 1 .... .... 1 .... Manic depressive psychoses; Manic type. 113 12 6 6 1 3 1 .... .... .... Depressive type . 14 13 11 10 3 .... .... .... .... .... Mixed type . • • • • 6 2 2 .... 1 .... .... .... Paranoia . .... .... 2 .... .... .... .... .... 1 .... Psychoneuroses and neuroses: Neurasthenic type . 5 8 3 6 .... .... .... .... .... .... Hysterical type . .... 1 .... 1 .... 1 .... .... .... .... Psychasthenic type . .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... Psychosis with cerebral arterio- sclerosis . 13 9 6 3 7 3 .... .... .... .... Psychosis with cerebral syphilis .... .... .... .... .... 1 .... .... .... .... Psychosis with brain tumour. .... 1 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... Psychosis “with other brain or nervous diseases” Encephalitis lethargica . 3 3 .... 2 1 1 .... .... .... .... Huntington’s chorea . .... .... .... .... .... 1 .... .... .... .... Psychoses with other somatic diseases; Cardiorenal . «... 1 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... Eclampsia. .... 1 .... 1 .... .... .... .... .... .... Pulmonary tuberculosis . 1 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... Cerebral embolism . .... 1 .... .... .... 1 .... .... .... .... Psychosis with psychopathic per- sonality . 1 . •.. 1 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... Psychosis with "mental deficiency 3 6 1 4 .... .... .... .... •••• .... Senile psychoses: Senile type . 15 7 .... .... 16 5 .... .... 1 .... Pre-senile type . 1 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... Schizophrenia; Simple . .... .... .... .... .... 1 .... .... .... •••- Catatonic . 8 7 6 3 1 1 .... .... .... Hebephrenic . 24 13 11 6 10 10 .... .... .... .... Paranoid . 13 8 6 4 6 .... .... .... 1 .... Not differentiated . 4 .... 2 .... 1 .... .... .... Defective base . .... .... .... .... 1 .... .... 1 .... Traumatic psychosis. .... .... 1 .... .... .... .... .... .... ... Without psychosis; Ifi' Mental deficiency . 38 24 6 10 12 .... .... 5 .... Psychopathic personality . 1 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... Chronic arthritis . 2 .... 2 .... .... .... .... .... .... .... Encephalitis of unknown aeti- ology. 1 .... 1 .... .... .... .... .... .... •••• Total . 188 130 77 '62 63 40 1 1 9 ....