History

• General Info
• Timeline
• The Architecture
• The Administrative Structure,
  1890–1979
  • The Organizational Structure,
    1979
  • Former Institutional Affiliates,
    1979
  • Staff–Patient Ratio,
    1891–1972
  • The Asylum in Numbers and Departments,
    1971
  • The Child and Adolescent Unit,
    1967
  • The Moorhouse,
    1968–c.1986
• Staff
• Maps
• Articles

The Asylum in Numbers and Departments, 1971

Property:
89.79 acres on the shore of Lake Ontario, 10 miles west of downtown Toronto.

Rated Bed Capacity:
545.

Catchment Area Served:
York County: outside of Toronto, and west of Yonge Street, Peel County, Halton County: Towns of Oakville and Milton, Township of Esquesing.

Population of the Catchment Area:
1,303,000.

Adult Active Treatment:
Approximately 280 beds.

Adult Continued Treatment:
Approximately 165 beds.

Geriatric Care:
Approximately 70 beds

Child and Adolescent Care:
Approximately 33 beds.

Emergency Service:
Varied on a daily basis.

Day Care:
Approximately 70 beds.

After Care and Out-Patient Service:
1,100 patients, 6,000 interviews annually.

Approved Homes:
145 beds.

Speech Therapy:
2,367 persons seen in 1971 (includes relatives accompanying patients), 42 community visits.

Geriatric Screening Unit:
[No information provided].

Dietary Services:
Including therapeutic diets, as required.

X-Ray and Laboratory Services:
For in-patients and out-patients.

Employee Health Service:
[No information provided].

Ancillary Professional Services:
For all patients: psychology, social service, dental service chaplaincy service, occupational therapy, industrial therapy, recreation programs, volunteer programs.

Community Psychiatric Service:
[No information provided].

Reference:

Gunn, Donald Ross. “Five Year Program.” Etobicoke: Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital, 1971.
Retrieved from the Archives for the History of Canadian Psychiatry and Mental Health Services, April 21–22, 2005.