6282-14-1 Folio 06

Name: Frederick William Aldridge,

Aged: 39,

Reg. No. 6,

Admitted: August 15, 1899.

Copy of Statement of Particulars

Reception Order signed by: James J. Sears, Dated: March 18, 1898

Sex and Age: m 38

Civil State: Single

Occupation: None

Religion: Ch. of Eng.

First Attack: Yes

Age on first attack: 38

When and where previously under treatment: Colney Hatch Asylum (Crossed out)

Duration of present attack: 2 years

Supposed cause: Influenze

Epileptic: No

Suicidal: No

Dangerous to others and how: N

Any near relative afflicted with Insanity: No

Union chargeable to: Lambeth

Previous Place of Abode: Lambeth Infirmary

Name and Address of Person to whom Notice of Death to be sent: Ellen Aldridge, 91 Holland Rd. Brixton

Names and Addresses of one or more relatives of the Patient: Sister (as above)

Medical Certificate

Medical Certificate Signed by: ??us H. Quarry

Facts indicating insanity observed by myself at the time of examination viz.:

He is strange in manner & states that electric shocks pass through his brain from the telegraph poles. He is depressed & states that he has had many losses. He imagines that his head is a "receiver" & can hear voices from a distance. States this made him take our a gun licence, etc.

Facts communicated by others viz.:

Ellen Aldridge (sister) 26 Bengeworth Rd. Herne Hill, states that he went our of his mind through influenza. He imagines it is through electricity & says he has been under the ground in drains. Very depressed & never speaks unless spoken to.

Transferred from: Colney Hatch

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.

Has delusions that air laden with dirt affects his mental processes & also that electricity & gas in the air affect him in similar ways and that this is the cause of all his troubles. Is rambling semi-coherent.