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Restraint.

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QUESTION II (MANAGEMENT.)

RESTRAINT.

Seclusion under lock and key.

Restraint by attendants.

Mechanical restraint.

The number of times resorted

to

The number of persons sub-

ject to

The greatest duration of, in

any single instance,.

Questions.

In reference to the above table, state :—

1. By whose authority patients are restrained.

II. What kinds of mechanical restraint are in use.

III. Whether any, and, if any, how many, cases of cruelty by attendants to patients have been brought to the notice of the proper authority, and what was the result in each case.

IV. What was the number of cases of injury to patients (I.) By themselves?

Medical Officer,

Strait Jacket.

Answers.

Six.

Six.

Six hours.

One wardboy was reported for striking a patient ami he was reprimanded.

None.

(II.) By other Patients?

One.

(III.) By Attendants?

None.

OCCUPATION.

Questions.

State the extent of—

(I.) The airing court

Auswers.

ACRES.

R.

P.

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Belonging to the Asylum.

(II.) and other grounds

Are the patients, as a rule, given daily exercise, their health permitting?

Are they confined to airing courts, or allowed to walk in other grounds, and sent beyond the Asylum ?

Are any means taken to amuse the patients or to induce them to amuse themselves? Detail them.

How many religions services were held in 1916?

What was the average attendance ?

In what building, and how many could it contain ?

Yes.

Confined to Airing Courts.

They are supplied with hooks and games.

None.

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Giving the daily average number of patients who were employed in 1916.

Specifying the character of the employment,

Distinguishing the sexes.

Agriculture and gardening.

Trade.

Household work, drawing

water, &c.

Male, Female,

None. None.

Noue.

None.

None.

None,

I. What quantity of water is available for each patient every day?

What is the source of the water supply?

What is the quality of the water?

11. Detail the arrangements as to baths and la- vatories.

III. What is the system of sewerage; and what the condition of the privies ?

Practically unlimited constant supply from public

works.

Rain water from the public reservoirs,

Good.

A Bathroom and lavatory is attached to each land- ing, one for European females, one for European males, one for Asiatic females and one for Asiatic males.

Water-closets of the wash-out type provided with waste-preventing cisterns are used,