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Institution Claremont Mental Hospital (1903 - 1972)

From
1903
Brockway Rd, Claremont, Western Australia, Australia
To
1972
Population
Children with intellectual disability, General Psychiatric patients and People with intellectual disability

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Numbers of Patients:

1920:
767 male patients
347 female patients

1945: [Combined numbers for Lemnos, Whitby Falls, and Greenplace] 1.422 patients
1953: [Combined numbers for Lemnos, Whitby Falls and Greenplace] 1,536. patients

Timeline

 1903 - 1972 Claremont Mental Hospital
       1972 - Graylands Hospital
       1972 - 1985 Swanborne Hospital

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Government Publications

Reports

  • Select Committee of the Legislative Assembly on the Claremont Hospital for the Insane; Report., WA Parliamentary Papers 1919, 1919. Details
  • Royal Commission to inquire and report upon the arrest on a charge of insanity, committal to and detention in the Hospital for the Insane at Claremont of Georgina and Thomas Mable; Commissioner's report., WA Parliamentary Papers 1921/22, vol. 1, 1921/22. Details
  • Royal Commission on Claremont Hospital for the Insane (custody of criminally insane persons); Report., WA Parliamentary Papers 1937, vol. 1, 1937. Details
  • Stoller, Allan, Report on Mental Health Facilites and Needs of Australia, K. W. Arscott, A.J. Arthur Government Printing Office, Canberra, 1955. p. 176. Details
  • Western Australia. Inspector General of the Insane, Report of the Inspector General of the Insane for the year, Government Printer, Perth, W.A., 1904-1946. Details

Theses

  • Best, Patricia, 'A history of the Claremont Mental Hospital', Thesis, 1956. Details

Digital resources

Title
Nurses and staff at the Claremont Hospital for the Insane [picture]
Type
Image
Source
Picture Australia. Held by the State Library of Western Australia

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