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Alfred (1) Woodhurst was admitted to Middlesex County's lunatic asylum at Hanwell, Middlesex in 1877. The details below have been transcribed from his entry in the asylum's Register of Admissions for 1875-77 [LMA: Piece H11/HLL/B5/9] held in the London Metropolitan Archives.
Admission No. 5520
Date of Admission: July 26th 1877
Person: Alfred Woodhurst, aged 49, bonnet maker, married
Previous Place of Abode: 2, Little George Street, Bethnal Green
Chargeable to: Bethnal Green Parish
By Whose Authority: B.H. Adams and Thomas Jervis
Form of Mental Disorder: mania
Supposed Cause of Insanity: [none cited]
Bodily Condition: is well nourished and in fair health
Epileptic Fits: yes
Suicidal: no
Dangerous to others: yes
Congenital Idiot: no
Duration of Existing Attacks: 1 year and 9 months
No. of Previous Attacks: not known
Age on First Attack: not known
Date of Discharge, Removal or Death: [none cited]
Observations: removed from Hoxton House Licensed House *
* This remark was not written explicitly in this record - instead it was implied by a "ditto" carried forward from the records of several other inmates, all of whom seem to have been transferred from Hoxton House at about the same time. His transfer from Hoxton House is, however, confirmed explicitly in his detailed Hanwell Casebook records.