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[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Northampton County Borough.

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Publication/creation
1960
Contributors
Northampton (England). County Borough Council.
Type/technique
Electronic books
Annual reports
MOH reports
Subjects
Disease Outbreaks
Public Health
Sanitation
Water Supply
Northampton (England)
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Wellcome Collection
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Mental Disorder (<continued) At the end of the year, 131 Northampton County Borough patients were accommodated at the following establishments :— Borocourt, near Reading (and ancillary hospitals) .. MALES 7 FEMALES 13 TOTALS 20 Brentry Colony, Bristol .... 1 *- 1 Bromham Hospital, near Bedford ......... 15 11 26 Cell Barnes Hospital, St. Albans .. 1 _ 1 Ellen Terry Home, Reigate .. 1 1 2 Glenfrith Hospital ... —— 1 1 Hortham Hospital, Bristol ... 1 —__ 1 House of Help, Bath .. — 2 2 Leavesden Hospital, Watford .... 1 1 2 Lisieux Hall, Chorley ... 1 — 1 Manor House, Aylesbury . 1 3 4 Mount Tabor Approved Home, Wingrave — 2 2 Pewsey Hospital, Wilts, (and ancillary hospitals) ... 16 21 37 Princess Christian’s Farm Colony, Hildenborough . 1 1 Rampton Hospital, Retford .. 2 2 4 Rockhall House, Bath..... — 1 1 St. Agnes’ Approved Home, Caversham 1 — 1 St. Edmund’s Hospital, Northampton ... 3 6 9 St. Margaret’s Hospital, Birmingham ... — 1 1 St. Mary’s Home, Buxted .................. — 1 1 Stoke Park Hospital, Bristol ... 4 3 7 Totterdown Hall, Weston-super-Mare ... — 1 1 Whittington Hall, Chesterfield ............ -- 3 3 Winslow Hospital, Bucks. ... 1 — 1 Tindal Hospital, Aylesbury ............... 1 — 1 Totals .. 57 74 131 Discharges and Deaths. One Northampton County Borough patient was discharged from Mental Deficiency Orders during the year:— MALES FEMALES TOTALS Adults (over 16 years) ... 1 — 1 One female and two male patients died during 1960. Short-term Care in Cases of Urgency. This provision is mainly used to relieve, for a short period, parents having a mentally disordered child at home. Eleven patients were admitted to establishments for varying periods of short-term care in accordance with the Council’s proposals under Section 28 of the National Health Service Act, 1946.