Thirty-ninth annual report of the West Sussex County Mental Hospital, (Graylingwell Hospital) Chichester : 1936.

  • West Sussex County Mental Hospital.
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[1936]
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Credit: Thirty-ninth annual report of the West Sussex County Mental Hospital, (Graylingwell Hospital) Chichester : 1936. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT. West Sussex County Mental Hospital, Graylingwell, Chichester. 2m May, 1936. Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour to submit the Thirty-ninth Annual Report of the Hospital for the year ended 31st December, 1935, together with the usual financial tables. The number of patients, their classification and the districts whence they came are set out below :— Authority. Males. Females. Total. Increase or Decrease. County of West Sussex— Chichester . 78 138 216 — East Preston 102 181 283 + 11 Horsham 90 125 215 — 2 Midhurst 51 64 115 __ 4 Voluntary and Tern- porary ... 27 35 62 + 22 348 543 891 +27 West Sussex County Council 1 — 1 — Service Class 29 — 29 — Ex-Service Class 1 — 1 — Private Class 37 73 110 + 13 Out-County Class 7 20 27 + 8 Criminal Lunatics 1 1 2 + 1 424 637 1061 + 49 The number of rate-aided patients increased by 35 and the number of private patients by 13, making with an additional Criminal Lunatic, a total increase of 49. There were vacancies for 29 female patients at the end of the year but the male side is now overcrowded to the extent of 45 and the question of accommodation for men is becoming acute. The total number of patients admitted during the year was 277 of whom 104 were Voluntary and 22 were Temporary patients. The percentage of Voluntary patients on the direct admissions rose to 39.3 per cent. Of the admissions, 70 were aged 60 or over. As might be expected from the decrease in the number of admissions, the death rate fell from 9.6 per cent, to 7.3 per cent, and the recovery rate rose from 38.4 per cent, to 42 per cent. ; in addition 26 patients were discharged as relieved, bringing the total percentage of patients discharged as recovered or relieved to 51.9,