Admission Details for Patient: John Spargo (6668)
Gender: Male Age: 10
Marital Status: Single Religion: Church of England
Occupation: None
Address: Valley Workhouse, Anglesey
Date of Admission: November 29, 1905
Date of Death: March 13, 1909
Cause of Death: Imbecility and Epilepsy/Acute Pleurisy certified C
Disease: Imbecile and Epilepsy
Supposed Cause: (None stated)
Medical Certificate:
Very excitable, wandering in his talk, cannot comprehend the difference between right and wrong.
Mr. Jones, Master of the Valley Workhouse, states that he is not responsible for his actions, and at times is dangerous to others, knocking, kicking and biting, his habits are dirty.
Dr. Edward Parry Edwards, Mynydd y Gof, Bodedern.
Approximate duration of present attack: 672 days
Number of Previous Attacks: 999
Number of Previous Admissions: 0
Number of Subsequent Admissions: 0
Total Number of Admissions: 1
Relatives affected: His father married his niece
Number of Previous Attacks: 999
Epileptic: Yes
Suicidal: No
Dangerous: Yes
Clean Habit: No
Food Refusal: No
Sleep Habit: Fair
Destructive Habit: Yes
Disposition: Vicious
Education: Cannot read or write
Physical/Mental State at Examination: Health poor. His mother is a niece of his father, both parents are now dead, he has been tried in various homes but was quite unmanageable, epilepsy came on 2 years ago and he has gradually become worse mentally.
Current Diagnosis: Epilepsy
Additional Diagnosis: 661
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