Admission Details for Patient: Letitia (or Lettuce) Hughes (2487)
Gender: Female Age: 70
Marital Status: Widowed Religion: Calvinist Methodist
Occupation: Charwoman
Address: Llanerchymedd (admitted from workhouse), Anglesey
Date of Admission: August 26, 1875
Date of Death: January 19, 1876
Cause of Death: Senile decay
Disease: Dementia
Supposed Cause: Intoxicating liquor
Medical Certificate:
She is quite an imbecile and does not even know the day of the week nor whether it is summer and winter at the present time etc etc. By others: Won't get out of bed to relieve nature alleging that she is unable to do so but can get up well enough when she likes to steal other inmates' rations. Tried to burn her dress one day. Wm Evans, Llanerchymedd.
Approximate duration of present attack: 6 months
Number of Previous Attacks: 0
Number of Previous Admissions: 0
Number of Subsequent Admissions: 0
Total Number of Admissions: 1
Relatives affected:
Epileptic: No
Suicidal: No
Dangerous: No except towards children
Clean Habit: Very filthy
Food Refusal: No
Sleep Habit: Good
Destructive Habit: Yes, tearing her clothing
Disposition: Dissipated habits
Education: Bad
Physical/Mental State at Examination: Very feeble, old and decrepit, lymphatic temperament. Senile emaciation and arcus senilis. Eats her food well, bowels acting involuntarily. Heart action normal. Emphysema and bronchitis. She was brought to the workhouse at Llanerchymedd about four months ago from Llangefni. She was then obliged to be carried into the workhouse. Her habits there were very filthy. The reason that she was sent here was that they could not find proper room and treatment in the workhouse. Used to be a hard drinker for years.
Current Diagnosis: Alzheimer's Disease (F00.2)
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