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A Statistical Study of Departures from a Mental Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Edward S. Stern
Edward S. Stern*
Affiliation:
Central Hospital, near Warwick
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Various studies of the numbers of patients in mental hospitals have been made, e.g. Brooke (1963); General Register Office (1960); Gore and Jones (1961); Hassall, Spencer, and Cross (1965); Malzberg (1955); Norris (1959); Norton (1961); Registrar General (1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964); Tooth and Brooke (1961), but little attempt has been made to find whether these numbers are subject to natural law. In this paper I have tried to establish this. These researches have been made on the patients of the Central Hospital, Warwick, which has been in continuous use since 30 June 1852. The case sheets of the older patients are accessible; the recent ones are also personally known.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 116 , Issue 530 , January 1970 , pp. 57 - 64
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1970 

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