Volume 1

The care and cure of the insane : being the reports of The Lancet Commission on Lunatic Asylums, 1875-6-7 for Middlesex, the City of London and Surrey with a digest of the principal records extant and a statistical review of the work of each asylum from the date of its opening to the end of 1875 / by J. Mortimer Granville.

  • Joseph Mortimer Granville
Date:
1877
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Credit: The care and cure of the insane : being the reports of The Lancet Commission on Lunatic Asylums, 1875-6-7 for Middlesex, the City of London and Surrey with a digest of the principal records extant and a statistical review of the work of each asylum from the date of its opening to the end of 1875 / by J. Mortimer Granville. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    COMPARATIVE TABLE OF FACTS, BETHLEM ROYAL HOSPITAL. Year. ADMISSIONS. Proportion per cent of the Sexes in.this Hospital. Proiiortion per cent, of the Sexes In Registered Hospitnlji generally. Males. Fomls. Males. Femls. Average age at admis- sion. RECOVERIES. Proportion per cent, of the Sexes in this Hospital. Males. Proportion per cent, of the Sexes in Registered Hospitals generally. Femls. Males. Femls. i86s 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 Gross number or pr portion, )er \ I. 44-86 42- 78 40- 69 37-32 41- 67 43- 83 34-64 41- 36 42- 79 40-25 II. 55- 14 57- 22 59-31 62-68 58- 33 56- 17 65-36 58- 64 57- 21 59- 75 Average age at re- covery. UEATH.S. Proportion per cent of the Sexes In tills Hospital. Males. Femls. 41-08 58-92 Average niiniljer or pro- portion. 41 02 58-98 III. 48- 45 46-48 46-57 46-51 45 58 49- 71 53-35 49 84 47 42 49-50 48-38 Proportion per cent of the Sexes in Registered Hospitals generally. Males. Femls. IV. 51- 55 53-52 53'43 53-49 54 42 50 29 46 65 5016 52- 58 50 50 48-34 51 -62 51-66 V. 38-0 36- 5 34- 3 37- 3 33-5 33-0 32-3 30-2 35- 6 36- 3 34-7 Average age at death. VI. 40- 00 41- 18 32- 41 33- 00 30-36 34- 48 32-71 34-12 28-44 32-03 33-86 33-87 VII. 60-00 58-82 67-59 67*00 69-64 65-52 67-29 65-88 71-56 67-97 66-14 VIII. 40- 83 38- 56 36- 81 39- 00 38-75 41- 81 41-16 41 -96 37- 43 38- 27 39-39 66-13 39-46 IX. 59-17 61-44 63-19 61 00 61- 25 58-19 58-84 58-04 62- 57 61-73 60-61 60-54 X. 33'4 36-8 31- 1 36-1 32- 3 29-4 33- 7 27-9 36-2 34- 6 33 2 XI. 45-45 57-89 62-07 60-87 39-29 75-00 50-00 50-00 57-89 50-00 55-46 54-85 XII. 54-55 42-11 37'93 39-13 60-71 25-00 50-00 50-00 42-11 50-00 44*54 45 15 XIII. 58-52 61 02 56-77 58 05 60 09 61-27 64-44 53-57 58-79 63 59 59 69 59-61 XIV. 41-48 38- 98 43-23 41-95 39- 91 38-73 35- 56 4643 41-21 36- 41 40-31 40-39 XV. 46-4 51-4 41- 6 45-8 38-9 36-1 44-4 43-8 491 42- 7 44 o Abstract of the above particulars for the five years 1865 to 1869 inclusive. Proj Uoii cent Keci tries cat)* Decn cui-:il XV! 26) 29- 4 27- '! 25- ( 26- 3 26- j 28- 0 22-8 27- 1 30- 7 27-0 f Gross >. ■ number 1 or pro- 1 portion. 41-37 58-63 46-69 53-31 35-44 64-56 38-76 61-24 52-89 47-11 58-91 41 09 Aver.ige , number 1 or pro- j portion. * 41-46 58-54 46-72 53-28 35-9 35-39 64-61 38-79 61-21 33 9 53ii 46 89 58-89 41 n 44-8 27-0 Abstract of the above particulars for the five years 1870 to 1874 inclusive. Gross . numl>er 1 or pro- ) portion. 1 40-80 59-20 49-86 5014 32-29 67-71 40 00 60 00 58-12 41-88 60-48 39-52 Average, numlier 1 or pro- [ portion.' 40-57 59-43 49 96 50 04 33-5 32-36 67-64 40-13 59-87 32-4 56-58 43-42 60-33 39-67 43-2 i (a) This percentage is upon cases Deemed curable brought over from previous year [Statistics of A Jr-opu ation, col. XXX.], and Cases deemed curable on admission [col. \\. il'id.\ If the calculation had been upon bases obtamed by the method employed in estimating the number of cases - deemed curable on admi.ssion ■'for and borough asyliuns (see note, p. 300), the .average annual proportion in this column (xvi.). for the ten years have been 35-71, instead of 27-01, as above ; for the five years 1865-9, 35-31 ; and for the period 1870-4, 36-11.