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[Cmd. 2818.] Report of the Board of Guardians on the Administration for the period 30th August, 1926, to

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[Cmd. 2937.] Report of the Board of Guardians on the Administration for the period 1st January, 1927, to 30th June, 1927.

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[Cmd. 2900.] Second Report of the Board of Guardians on their Administration 1st November, 1926, to 31st May, 1927.

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General Board of Control for Scotland

For the Year
1926

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CONTENTS OF THE REPORT.

I. NUMBER AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE INSANE AT 1ST

JANUARY, 1927 -

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

Statutory Authority

Discharges from Establishments

(1) Recovered

(2) Unrecovered

Deaths in Establishments

Removals from Establishments on Probation

Orders granted by Sheriffs during the Year

Licences granted by the Board to Establishments

Changes among Attendants and Servants in Establishments

Escapes from Establishments

Accidents in Establishments

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III. PRESENT CONDITION OF ESTABLISHMENTS FOR LUNATICS.

Different Classes of Establishments

(a) Royal and District Asylums—

Condition of Aberdeen Royal Asylum -

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(e) Establishment for State and Criminal Lunatics-

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

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at Perth.

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Weekly Cost of each Mode of Provision for Pauper Lunatics

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IX. NUMBER AND DISTRIBUTION OF MENTAL DEFECTIVES

AT 1ST JANUARY, 1927.

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X. STATISTICS OF INSTITUTIONS FOR MENTAL DEFECTIVES

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XI. PRESENT CONDITION OF ESTABLISHMENTS FOR MENTAL

DEFECTIVES.

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

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 1915 to

1926; 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 Establish-

ments for each year from 1915 to 1926. (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 twelve years, 1915-1926

Table showing the Numbers 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, 1927,

and the accommodation in these Establishments

Table showing the Numbers 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 1916-1927

Return showing the Numbers of Pauper Lunatics of each Sex chargeable

to each Lunacy District in Scotland on 1st January, 1927, 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

1926, 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

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Table showing Average Number of Patients Resident, and the Results of

Treatment in each Asylum or other Establishment, for the year

1926. (a) Royal and District Asylums; (b) Private Asylum; (c)

Parochial Asylum (Lunatic Wards of Poorhouse with Unrestricted

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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, 1926

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