Discharged home
651
Discharged to other hospitals
25
There were 35 deaths from causes as follows:
Tuberculosis
Died
35
Remaining at end of year
224
General Paralysis of the Insane
Insulin Coma
Total
935
Leucotomy
Daily average number
201
Other causes
Out-patients,
Total No. discharged or transferred
G76
Of these, No, fully remitted
401
No. partially remitted
170
No. unchanged
SO
32
247. 193 new cases and 285 old cases were seen.
Forensic work?
248. The following were dealt with:
17
2
7
No. with 'No Psychiatric diagnosis'
245. Although the rates of 1st admissions and re-admissions as well as the rate of discharge were similar to that of the previous year, over-crowding annually increases because on- recovered cases do not necessarily die. At the end of the year there was an excess of admissions over discharges totalling 61, compared to 63 of the previous year.
246. A serious problem was the lack of a place for effective- ly isolating cases of infectious disease.
Notifiable Diseases:
The following cases were notified:
Tuberculosis, mainly phthisis
Dysentery
Typhoid
Malaria
11
3
1
2
118
(1) Police cases sent in for observation
51
(2) Remand Prisoners sent in for observation
(3) Prisoners found guilty but insane
1
1
3
(4) Sentenced prisoners becoming insane........
Voluntary Patients:
249. Patients admitted on a voluntary basis or gaining voluntary status after admission numbered 64 males and 51 females.
Legislation:
250. An amendment to the Mental Hospital Ordinance was made concerning the conditional discharge of insane criminals who had recovered.
119
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