Annual report of the Royal Edinburgh Asylum for the insane : For the year ending 31st December 1871.

  • Royal Edinburgh Asylum.
Date:
1872
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report of the Royal Edinburgh Asylum for the insane : For the year ending 31st December 1871. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    31/56 (page 15)
    and 8 of Imbecility; thus one-fourth of the cases admitted wer© already in an utterly hopeless condition. Of the 50 cases of De¬ mentia, 11 were cases of Penile Dementia, or mental deficiency depending upon advanced age. Among those admitted 33 were aged as follows :— Between 60 and 70,.... Males. .. 11 Females. 18 Total, 24 70 33 80,.... 1 7 8 33 80 3) 90,.... 0 1 1 Of those mentioned in the above Table, the following shows the number who died within six months of admission :— Males. Females. Total. Between 60 and 70,. 1 2 6 ,, 0 „ 80,.. 0 6 6 Table VIII.—Duration of Disease previous to Admission, and probable Condition of those Admitted. DURATION OF DISEASE. INCURABLE. CURABLE. ALREADY DISMISSED RECOVERED. Males. Females. Males. Females. Males. Females. Under 2 da ys, 0 0 3 0 0 0 A few days 5 2 4 5 7 1 3 Under 1 week, 4 5 6 7 4 3 55 2 55 4 7 9 G 4 4 » 3 55 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 month, 0 10 4 5 0 2 )) 2 55 1 3 3 3 0 0 55 3 5? 5 1 1 0 0 0 55 4 55 1 1 2 1 0 0 55 5 55 1 3 0 0 0 0 55 G 55 6 4 3 2 0 2 55 8 55 0 1 0 0 0 0 51 9 55 1 0 1 0 0 0 y) 12 1 3 0 2 0 0 55 2 years, 5 2 1 0 0 0 55 3 55 0 5 0 1 0 0 55 4 55 0 1 0 0 0 0 55 5 55 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 55 1 G 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 55 9 55 1 1 0 0 0 0 Many years 3 2 0 0 0 0 Con«re nital. 8 1 0 0 0 0 Unknown, 20 29 17 19 4 5 54 13 19