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Question II.—(Management.)
Is a physical examination of each Patient Yes.
made by a Medical Practitioner immediately
on admission ?
RESTRAINT.
T h e number of times resorted
co
T h e number of persons sub–
jected to
The greatest duration of, in
any single instance ...
Always, except when al–
lowed in the garden for \
exercise, etc. With the
exception of the dan-
!
serous lunatics chey '
exercise together
All
Always, except when al–
lowed in the garden for
exercise, ecc. With the
exception of the dan–
gerous lunatics they
exercise together.
All
30
16
10
11
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IS davs i
2 davs
In reference to the above Table, state :—
I. By whose authority Patients are re–
strained.
By authority of the Medical Superintendent
of the Mental Hospital.
li. \\ hat kinds of mechanical restraint
are in use.
. 1. A strait waistcoat.
2. Footcuffs.
3. Restraint gloves.
III. Whether any, and, if any, how many,
cases of cruelty by Attendants to Patients
have been brought to the notice of the proper
authority, ana what was the result in each case.
None.
IV. What was the number of cases of injury
to Patients—
(a) Self-inflicted ?
(b) By other Patients ?
(c) Bv Attendants?
(d) As the result of accident ?
8
10
* " Seclusion " is the isolation of a patient in a room at any time between the hours commencing one hour after the 5 * T
scaff come on duty and ending at t p m . by fastening the door or by closing it, wholly or partially in any war
•n that the natient is unable co leave the room at -srill.
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* -~u-/,_n any way,
BO that the patient is unable to leave the room at will.
N o i E — T h e isolation of a patient in a room where the door is fascened by any latch, or held closed or ajar by any Derson.
is " delusion and muse be recorded; but che fastening of a half door, provided the upper half U o p o " n S u J