Thirty-first annual report of the directors of James Murray's Royal Asylum for Lunatics, near Perth. June 1858.

  • James Murray's Royal Asylum for Lunatics
Date:
1858
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Credit: Thirty-first annual report of the directors of James Murray's Royal Asylum for Lunatics, near Perth. June 1858. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    IV.—DEATHS—[Continued.] Males. Females. Total. General Paralysis, 3 0 3 Mania, Acute, 0 2 2 „ Chronic, 2 0 2 Melancholia, 1 1 2 7.—Periods of Death. a.—Months or Seasons of the Year. January, i 0 1 March, 2 2 A nvi 1 -LI I -L Hj ••• • • • ••• « • • 2 0 2 J \in Oj ••• • ••• ••• ••• 1 0 1 July, .. ... ... ... ... 0 1 1 September, 1 1 2 November, 1 0 1 December, 3 1 4 b.—Hours of the Day. Between midnight and 6 A.M., 5 0 5 „ 6 a m. and noon., 4 1 5 „ noon and 6 p.m., 1 2 3 „ 6 p.m. and midnight, ... 1 0 1 The Deaths constitute 28’57 per cent, of the Discharges. 20’28 „ of the admissions. 8*51 „ of the mean daily number under treatment. 6’42 „ of the total number under treatment during the year. V.—TABLE SHOWING THE STATURE AND CRANIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT IN 121 PATIENTS [48 MALES AND 73 FEMALES] CHIEFLY OF MIDDLE AGE. I Males. Females. Total. 1.—Stature* 6 feet 1 inch, ... 1 0 1 * Of 125 Patients—48 males and 77 females.