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Question II.—(Management.)
Is a physical examination of each Patient
made by a Medical Practitioner immediately
on admission ?
Yes.
RESTRAINT.
Restraint
Seclusion
Males
Females
Mechanical Restraint •
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Males
Females -l
T h e namber of times resorted
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 tbe
exception of the dan–
gerous lunatics they
exercise together
All
Always, except when al–
lowed in the garden for
exercise, etc. With the
exception of the dan–
gerous lunatics they
exercise together.
All
13 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 Hosoital.
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II. What kinds of mechanical restraint
are in use.
1. A strait waistcoat.
2. Footcurfs.
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.
ii
None.
IV. What was the number of cases of injury
to Patients—
(a) Self-in6icted ? 6
(£) By other Patients?
' 7
(c) By Attendants?
, (d) As the result of accident ?
10
• " Seclusion " is the isolation of a patient in a room at any time between the hours commencing one hour after the dif
staff come on duty and ending at 7 p.m. by fastening the door or by closing it, wholly o°r partially, in any w»T
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so that the patient is unable to leave the room at will.
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Noxs.--The isolation of a patient in a room where the door is fastened by any latch, or held closed or ajar by any person,
•s " Seclusion and must be recorded; but the fastening of a half door, provided the upper half is open, need not
be recorded