6282-14-1 Folio 08

Name: Arthur Albert WHITE,

Aged: 40,

Reg. No. 8,

Admitted: August 15, 1899.

Copy of Statement of Particulars

Reception Order signed by: Alfred C. S. Draper, Dated: June 20, 1893

Sex and Age: m 34

Civil State: Single

Occupation: Market Porter

Religion: Ch. of Eng.

First Attack: No

Age on first attack: 33

When and where previously under treatment: Colney Hatch (crossed out) - Newington Workhouse

Duration of present attack: 2 months

Supposed cause: Unknown

Epileptic: No

Suicidal: No

Dangerous to others and how: Yes

Any near relative afflicted with Insanity: No

Union chargeable to: St. Haves

Previous Place of Abode: 88 James Rd., Bermondsey

Name and Address of Person to whom Notice of Death to be sent: Father (as below)

Names and Addresses of one or more relatives of the Patient: G. W. White, 113 Barkworth Rd, Nth Camberwell

Medical Certificate

Medical Certificate Signed by:

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

The man informed me that thousands of men followed him about and annoyed him, that the glass and furniture broken in his room was broken by him on this account.

Facts communicated by others viz.:

The man's mother Sophie White informed me that upon the morning of the 23rd June he smashed the looking glass & other articles of furniture & threatened her with a knife.

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.

Is incoherent and rambling in conversations and had aural hallucinations which evidently cause him to be violent, is much concerned because he admits the Protestants are unfavourably disposed towards him. Has delusions of suspicion.