Medical and general reports and accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1947 : Ham Common, Richmond, Surrey / The Cassel Hospital for Functional Nervous Disorders.

  • Cassel Hospital for Functional Nervous Disorders (Richmond, England)
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[1948?]
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Credit: Medical and general reports and accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1947 : Ham Common, Richmond, Surrey / The Cassel Hospital for Functional Nervous Disorders. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE 2 Total Number of Patients for whom Treatment was Undertaken during 1947. Classification by Diagnosis, Sex and Condition on Discharge Diagnosis Males Females Totals M uch Imp. Imp. Not Imp. Total M uch Imp. Imp. Not Imp. Total Much Imp. Imp. Not Imp. Total Depressive States 2 4 1 . 7 5 3 — 8 7 7 1 15 Schizoid States . — 3 2 5 1 4 5 10 1 7 7 15 Anxiety Neurosis . 2 2 2 6 2 3 — 5 4 5 2 11 Hysteria . 2 — — 2 4 1 1 6 6 1 1 8 Obsessional Neurosis — i — 1 1 3 1 5 1 4 1 6 Adolescent Behaviour Disorder 2 — — 2 — — — — 2 — — 2 Character Disorder — 2 i 3 — 1 — 1 — 3 1 4 Alcoholism ... . — i — 1 — — — — — 1 — 1 Involutional Melancholia ... — i — 1 — — — — — 1 — 1 Epilepsy . — i — 1 — — — — — 1 — 1 Anorexia Nervosa — — — — 1 — — 1 1 — — 1 Cyclothymic personality i — — 1 — — — — 1 — — 1 Manic Depressive Illness — i — 1 — — — — — 1 — 1 Psychotic State? Unclassified 1 1 1 1 Total ... . 9 16 6 31 14 15 8 37 23 31 14 68 Percentage 29% 52% 19% 100% 38% 40% 22% 100% 34% 45% 21% 100% TABLE 3 Percentage Distribution of Results on Discharge and at Follow-up (a) Cases Discharged during 1944 Condition On Discharge %age Follow-up %age 1945 1946 1947 Much Improved 48 43 49 52 Improved 37 34 29 40 Not Improved 15 23 22 8 Total 100 100 100 100 Total cases on which percentage based... 93 75 68 40 Number not replying to follow-up — 18 25 53 (b) Cases Discharged during 1945 (c) Cases Discharged during 1946 Condition On Discharge %age Follow-up %age 1946 1947 Much Improved ... 50 35 38 Improved ... 34 36 33 Not Improved 16 29 29 Total . 100 100 100 Total cases on which per- centage based . 89 58 42 Number not replying to follow-up . 31 47 Condition On Discharge %age Follow-up 1947 %age Much Improved 48 46 Improved 40 32 Not Improved . 12 22 Total . 100 100 Total cases on which percentage based ... . 85 37 Number not replying to follow-up ... •— 48 Note.—The follow-up tables are less reliable than in former years. The response to follow-up letters was badly affected by the post-war movement of patients and their families. A significant number of letters were returned “Address Unknown.”