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We report a case demonstrating a previously undescribed association between bulimia and repeated spontaneous abortion. It is also the first report of bulimia in a British Sikh woman. Her history reveals features of multiimpulsivity and demonstrates an unusually early onset of bulimia associated with an organic condition, asthma.

Results of the sixth quinquennial survey of the resident population of Glenside Hospital, Bristol, are reported. The total population continues to fall, but the rate of decline has slowed; the implications of this are discussed. Many patients live in an emotionally impoverished state, friendless and rarely leaving the hospital. Few in-patients are employed, even within the hospital. Considerable provision is made, however, for the employment of day-patients. To effectively resettle and support in the community those currently remaining in hospital will require increasingly extensive provision.

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