The eleventh annual report of the Brighton County Borough Asylum, Haywards Heath : being the 56th annual report since the opening of the asylum, for the year 1914.
- Brighton County Borough Asylum
- Date:
- 1915
Licence: In copyright
Credit: The eleventh annual report of the Brighton County Borough Asylum, Haywards Heath : being the 56th annual report since the opening of the asylum, for the year 1914. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![TABLE C 4.—ETIOLOGICAL. Showing the Etiological Factors ascertained in the Recoveries during the Year 1914, distinguishing between cases—First-Attack, Not-First-Attack, and Unknown-whether I irst Att' First-Attack Cases. ^ETIOLOGICAL FACTORS Principal. Contributory. AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS. Instances where Instances where Total regarded as the essential or chief regarded as a Jontributory factor Incidence. s factor. or associated * condition. t M. F. | T. M. F. T. M. F. T. A. Heredity (excluding cousins, nephews, nieces and offspring). 3 4 1. Insane 1 2 3 2 2 4 7 2. Epileptic... 3. Neurotic [including only Hysteria, Neurasthenia, Spasmodic ... ... 1 i 2 1 1 2 (Idiopathic) Asthma and Chorea] ... i ”i 4. Eccentricity (in marked degree) ... ... i ... .1 j 5. Alcoholism ... 1 ... 1 1 1 B. Mental Instability, as revealed by— 1. Moral Deficiency ... 2. Congenital Mental Defect, not amounting to Imbecility ... . . . * * * 3. Eccentricity . • • ... ... C. Deprivation of Special Sense. 1. Smell or Taste 2. Hearing ... 3. Sight ... •• E ... ... D. Critical Periods. 1. Puberty and Adolescence 2 2 ... 2 2 2. Climacteric 3. Senility ... I 1 1 1 E. Child-bearing. 1. Pregnancy 1 ... ”i I 9 2. Puerperal State (not septic) ... l 1 3. Lactation ... F. Mental Stress. 1. Sudden ... 2. Prolonged 2 io 12 2 2 4 4 12 16 G. Physiological Defects and Errors. 1. Malnutrition in early life (signs of Rickets, Ac.) ... 2. Privation and Starvation 3. Over-exertion (physical) 4. Masturbation 5. Sexual excess ... ... ... H. Toxic. 1. Alcohol ... 5 3 8 1 1 2 6 4 10 2. Drug habit (morphia, cocaine, &c). 3. Lead and other such poisons ... ... ... 4. Tuberculosis 2 2 5. Influenza.. 6. Puerperal Sepsis ... 7. Other Specific Fevers $8. Syphilis, acquired J9. Syphilis, congenital 10. Other Toxins I. Traumatic. 1 1 1 1. Injuries ... 2. Operations 3. Sunstroke ... K. Diseases of the Nervous System. 1. Lesions of Brain 2. Lesions of Spinal Cord and Nerves 1 1 1 1 2 3. Epilepsy .. ... ••• ••• 4. Other defined Neuroses (limited to Hysteria, Neurasthenia, Spasmodic Asthma, and Chorea) 1 1 1 1 5. Other Neuroses which occurred in Infancy or Childhood \ (limited to Convulsions and Night-terrors) . . . L. Other Bodily Affections. 1. Ha?mopoietic System (Anaemia, &c.) ... l l 1 2. Cardio-vascular Degeneration 3. Valvular Heart Disease ... ... ... ... 4. Respiratory System (excluding Tuberculosis) 5. Gastro-intestinal System 6. Renal and Vesical System 7. Generative System (excluding Syphilis) ••• 8. Other General Affections, not included above (e.g. Diabetes, ... 1 ... Myxcedema, &c.) * * * ... M. Cases in which no Principal Factor could with certainty be assigned, but in which one or more factors were ascertained, and were returned as contributory 1 2 N. None Assignable, notwithstanding full History and Observation.. 1 2 3 O. None Ascertained, History defective 2 ... 2 Totals 16 25 41 | rTotal First-Attack ( cases. Not-First-Attack Cases. Principal. regarded as the sssential or chief factor. * M. F. 10 Contributory. Instances where regarded as a contributory factor or associated condition. t M. 15 F. T. 26 Total Incidence. M. F. T. Cases Unknown-whether-First-Attack-or-not. Principal. Instances where regarded as the essential or chief factor. * Instances where regarded as a contributory factor or associated condition, t M. F. T. Contributory. M. Total Not-First-Attack | cases. F. T. Total Incidence. M. T. ( Total cases Unknown-whether- l First-Attack-or-not. Total Direct Recoveries. Total -- ~~ Principal. Total Instances w where regarded as ^ the essential or chief factor. M. F. T. 3 3 6 ;;; 2 1 3 ... 1 1 2 2 ... l 1 ... 1 1 6 13 19 7 4 11 2 2 1 ... 1 1 1 1 i 2 :!1 2 3 6 3 7 10 3 2 5 28 42 70 Total Contributory. Total Instances or associated condition. M. F. T. Grand Total Incidence. M. F. 9 1 17 T. II 3 25 10 15 1 2 1 1 2 ( Total Direct t Recoveries. * One entry and one only, has been made in these columns for each case recorded in them ; thus the totals of these columns will equal the number of cases belonging to that particular class, t As several factors will have sometimes been entered in these columns in respect of one case, and, on the other hand, there may have been none to enter, no attempt should be made to totalise these columns. % All cases believed to have suffered, at any time in their lives, from Syphilis have been entered.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30318968_0057.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
