This study examines a series of consecutive first admissions to the three English Special Hospitals, in an attempt to compare the background factors which may differentiate the patients in the different hospitals. It was suggested that Broadmoor female patients differ very considerably from those at Ramtpon and Moss Side, and those at Moss Side somewhat from those at Rampton. An attempt is made to construct a stereotype of the typical patient admitted to each of the hospitals.
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