TENTH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

GENERAL BOARD OF CONTROL

FOR SCOTLAND.

(BEING FOR THE YEAR 1923).

Presented to Parliament by Command of His Majesty.

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CONTENTS OF THE REPORT.

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PROGRESS IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE MENTAL
DEFICIENCY (SCOTLAND) ACT

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VOLUNTARY PATIENTS IN ASYLUMS

OBSERVATION WARDS FOR CASES OF INCIPIENT MENTAL

DISORDER

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I. NUMBER AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE INSANE AT

1ST JANUARY 1924

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II.-STATISTICS OF ESTABLISHMENTS FOR LUNATICS.

Admissions to Establishments

(2) By Transfer

(1) Direct under Sheriff & Order, Sanction of the Board, or other

Statutory Authority

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(3) Voluntary

Discharges from Establishments

(1) Recovered

(2) Unrecovered

Deaths in Establishments

Removals from Establishments on Probation

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Changes among Attendants and Servants in Establishments

(e) Establishment for State and Criminal Lunatics—

Condition of the Criminal Lunatic Department of H. M. Prison

Weekly Cost of each Mode of Provision for Pauper Lunatics

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X. - NUMBER AND DISTRIBUTION OF MENTAL DEFEC-

TIVES AT 1ST JANUARY 1924

APPENDIX.

Table showing (a) the Population and the proportion of Registered
Lunatics. (b) The Numbers of Private, Pauper, and Criminal
Lunatics, distinguishing between the sexes, and the different
modes of disposal of Private and Pauper Lunatics

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Table showing (a) Number of Lunatics on Register at 1st January of
each year.
The numbers placed on, and removed from, the
Register, during each year. The excess of Lunatics placed on the
Register over the number removed. (b) The numbers of Lunatics
registered each year, who had never previously been registered.
(c) Average number of Lunatics on Register during each year, and
the percentage of deaths among them

Table showing the Numbers of Private and Pauper Lunatics resident
in Royal, District, Private, and Parochial Asylums, and in Lunatic
Wards of Poorhouses, on 31st December of each year from 1905 to
1923; the Numbers thereinto Admitted; the Numbers therefrom
Discharged Recovered and Not Recovered; the Numbers Trans-
ferred from one Establishment to another; and the Numbers that
Died therein in each of the said years

Table showing the Results of Treatment in different classes of Establishments for each year from 1905 to 1923 (a) Royal and District Asylums; (b) Private Asylums; (c) Parochial Asylums (Lunatic Wards of Poorhouses with Unrestricted Licences); (d) Lunatic Wards of Poorhouses with Restricted Licences; (e) The Statistics of Pauper Lunatics in Private Dwellings for eighteen years, 1905-1923 Table showing the Number of Private and Pauper Lunatics of each Sex, in each Royal and District Asylum, Private Asylum, Parochial Asylum, and Licensed Poorhouse in Scotland, on 1st January, 1924, and the accommodation in these Establishments

Table showing the Number of Pauper Lunatics chargeable to each Lunacy District, who were resident in Establishments or in Private Dwellings respectively, on 1st January of each year from 1911-1924 Return showing the Number of Pauper Lunatics of each Sex chargeable to each Lunacy District in Scotland on 1st January, 1924, and the manner of their disposal

Table showing the Manner in which the Pauper Lunatics chargeable to each District Board, placed on the Register of the Board during 1923, were disposed of, and the Changes that have taken place during the year in the Disposal of those on the Register on 1st January of that year

Return exhibiting the Number of Orders granted by the Sheriffs for Admission of Lunatics into any Public, Private, District or Parochial Asylum or House, stating the Asylum or House to which such Order was sent, during the year ended 31st December, 1923 Table showing Average Number of Patients Resident, and the Results of Treatment in each Asylum or other Establishment, for the year 1923. (a) Royal and District Asylums: (b) Private Asylum; (c) Parochial Asylum (Lunatic Wards of Poorhouse with Unrestricted Licence); (d) Lunatic Wards of Poorhouses with Restricted Licences Return exhibiting the Number of Licences granted by the Board for the Continuance, Establishment, or Renewal of Private Asylums, Lunatic Wards of Poorhouses, and Institutions for Mental Defectives, and the Transfer of any such Licence from any one Establishment to another, during the year ended 31st December, 1923

Tables showing (i) Classification of all recorded Causes of Death of Private Patients who Died in Asylums and other Establishments in the year 1923; and (ii) Classification of all recorded Causes of Death of Pauper Patients who died in Asylums and other Establishments in the year 1923

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