Annual report for the year 1955 / North Wales Mental Hospital Management Committee.

  • North Wales Mental Hospital Management Committee.
Date:
[1956?]
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Credit: Annual report for the year 1955 / North Wales Mental Hospital Management Committee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    At Denbigh, the Committee are pleased to note that the total numbers in the Hospital show a slight fall, the numbers for this year having decreased from 1514 at the beginning of the year to 1506 at the end. The numbers of patients on the books of the Mental Hospital at the begin¬ ning and the end of the year 1955 are as follows :— Male Female Total At 31st December, 1954 .. 761 ... 753 ... 1514 At 31st December, 1955 . 757 ... 749 ... 1506 At the Mental Deficiency Institutions, the numbers on the books are as follows:— Coed Du Llwyn View Garth Angharad Broughton At 31st December, 1954 . 96 ... 73 ... 64 ... 65 At 31st December, 1955 . 92 ... 72 ... 67 ... 60 CHILD GUIDANCE SERVICE The Child Guidance Service, under the direction of Dr. Simmons, the Consultant Child Psychiatrist, continues to serve the needs of the five counties and a detailed report is to be found elsewhere in this Annual Report. The unified scheme embracing the duties and responsibilities of the Hospital Authorities and the Local Health and Local Education Authorities is being steadily developed and promises to be a highly satisfactory arrangement. Some of the- additional staff required for the extra work involved have been appointed and the other Authorities are contributing to the cost on an agreed basis. CHARITIES The new Charities Scheme embodying the Ablett Fund and other charities previously administered separately but now administered by Trustees under the title “ The North Wales Hospital Poor Mental Patients Fund ”, is now being operated for the benefit of indigent patients on discharge. FINANCES A summary of group expenditure and income during the year 1955-6 is given elsewhere in this report. The cost of maintaining the services for which the Committee are re¬ sponsible has again increased this year owing, in a small measure, to a steady and natural development and expansion but mainly to increases in wages and prices. As against the previous year’s estimates of approximately £410,000, this year’s original approved estimate of £437,359 had of necessity to be increased in stages throughout the year to a figure of £450,327 as at 31st January, 1956, to Which will be added in due course a further sum necessary to meet salaries and wages awards payable during the last two months of the financial year. The main headings under which the Regional Hospital Board have been obliged to meet additional expenditure are salaries and wages, provisions and other commodities, fuel and drugs.