6282-14-1 Folio 46
Name: George FLETCHER,
Aged: 43,
Reg. No. 46,
Admitted: August 16, 1899.
Copy of Statement of Particulars
Reception Order signed by: Maurice Davis, Dated: April 23, 1896
Sex and Age: m 40
Civil State: Single
Occupation: Stoker
Religion: Protestant
First Attack: Yes
Age on first attack: 40
When and where previously under treatment: Nowhere
Duration of present attack: 1 year
Supposed cause: Unknown
Epileptic: No
Suicidal: No
Dangerous to others and how: No
Any near relative afflicted with Insanity: Unknown
Union chargeable to: St. Pancras
Previous Place of Abode: St. Pancras Workhouse
Name and Address of Person to whom Notice of Death to be sent:
Names and Addresses of one or more relatives of the Patient: Nil
Medical Certificate
Medical Certificate Signed by: Smith
Facts indicating insanity observed by myself at the time of examination viz.:
He says that at times he loses all control over himself & feels that he must do something & it is when under the influence of this feeling that he threatened to murder the labour master & on another instance attempted to strike another inmate on the head with a coal shovel.
Facts communicated by others viz.:
John Skinner (Ward Superintendent) says that George Fletcher throws himself into most violent fits of passion without the slightest reason. He uses most foul & abusive language, violent to the other inmates, on one occasion he tried to strike one of them with a coal shovel & also threatened to murder the labour master.
Transferred from: Claybury
Condition on Admission
Mental State:-
As far as possible under such Headings as:
Attention, Comprehension and Re-action, Cognition of self and surroundings, including mistakes of identity and appreciation of time and place, States of Stupor and Catalepsy, Memory for recent and remote events, Association and flow of ideas, Coherence, Reasoning power, Hallucinations, Illusions, Delusions, Exaltation, Fantasies of dress, Excitement, Depression, Impulses—General, Suicidal, Homicidal, Erotic, Destructive, Obsessions, Resistiveness or Hostility, Restlessness, Self-employment, Attention to personal needs, Religiosity, Sense of propriety, Lewdness of conversation and conduct, Regard for relatives.
He is childish in manner & wekaminded. He has no idea of his own age & can only count up to 20.