Report of the Committee of Visitors of the Lunatic Asylum for the counties of Bedford, Hertford, & Huntingdon, called "The Three Counties Asylum," for the year ending the 31st of December, 1869 : with appendices.
- Three Counties' Asylum (Arlesey, England)
- Date:
- 1870
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report of the Committee of Visitors of the Lunatic Asylum for the counties of Bedford, Hertford, & Huntingdon, called "The Three Counties Asylum," for the year ending the 31st of December, 1869 : with appendices. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![APPENDIX [o] J EEPOET OF THE COMMISSIONERS IN LUNACY. Three Counties Asylum, 9th Dec., 1889, Upon our visit to-day, we have inspected the Asylum in its several departments, including the Offices and Workshops, and with the exception of 1 man and 1 women (absent on trial) have seen all the Patients. The following tabular Statement shews the changes in the Patients since the last visit bv Members of our Board, 13th of November, 1868, and their present numbers. Admitted ... Males. 75 Females. 92 Total. 167 Discharged and Removed. 42 69 111 ,, of whom Recovered 27 45 72 Died .. 27 41 68 Present numbers on the Books... 252 268 520 The rate of Mortality has been rather high, being upwards of 12 per cent, upon the average number resident. There has, however, been no disorder of an epidemic character. The Deaths have been all assignable to chronic forms of disease ordinary in Asylums, more especially Pulmonary Consumption^ Epilepsy, and the various kinds of Paralysis from brain affec- i: tions.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30305159_0027.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
