6282-14-1 Folio 50
Name: Alfred Henry TAYLOR,
Aged: 47,
Reg. No. 50,
Admitted: August 16, 1899.
Copy of Statement of Particulars
Reception Order signed by: B. Poulter, Dated: May 28, 1896
Sex and Age: m 44
Civil State: Married
Occupation: Schoolmaster
Religion: Ch. of Eng.
First Attack: No
Age on first attack: 40
When and where previously under treatment: Fisherton House
Duration of present attack: Several weeks
Supposed cause: Unknown
Epileptic: No
Suicidal: No
Dangerous to others and how: No
Any near relative afflicted with Insanity: No
Union chargeable to: Lewisham
Previous Place of Abode: Lewisham Union
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: Toogood
Facts indicating insanity observed by myself at the time of examination viz.:
He is restless & excited, states that everyone is accusing him of sodomy which is not the case. He talks & describes imaginary conversations he has had with imaginary people. He cries for no apparent reason.
Facts communicated by others viz.:
Frederick Neal (Attendant) Lewisham Infirmary, states he is very restless & excited & is at times quite lost, says he will commit suicide if he gets the opportunity. He says people came to him at night & drew off his seminal fluid.
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 garrulous & excitable. Says that on hot days he feels lost & irresponsible & inclined to be violent in the slightest provocation. Has an impulse that his enemies, the Higgins, are responsible for his asylum life. They crone & jeer at him & say --- have done for you this time.