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Journal of Mental Science, Volume 28 - October 1882

Contents

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Part II.—Reviews

Part III.—Psychological Retrospect

Part II.—Reviews

Part III.—Psychological Retrospect

Part II.—Reviews

Part III.—Psychological Retrospect

Part II.—Reviews

Part IV.—Notes and News

Part III.—Psychological Retrospect

  • 1. English Retrospect. Asylum Reports for 1880

  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    19 February 2018, pp. 87-112

  • Speaking generally, the permanency of the subordinate staff may be taken as an indication of the efficient administration of an asylum. Few things can be worse for the patients, and more demoralising to the discipline, than frequent changes amongst the attendants and nurses. Some such idea must have been in the minds of the English Commissioners during their recent inspections, as they have generally reported on the condition of the staff, stating how many attendants and nurses had seen less than a year's service. For facility of comparison we subjoin a list giving (when possible), 1, the name of the asylum; 2, the total number of attendants and nurses; 3, the number who have not been a year in the service. The Scotch Commissioners do the same thing in a better way. At each visit they note the numbers who have left in the interval and the reason, e.g., voluntary resignation, discharge for drunkenness.

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