Annual medical report of the Kent County Lunatic Asylum, at Barming Heath, Maidstone, for the year 1853-4, ending July 4th : presented to the Committee of Visitors, September 9, 1854 and to the Court of General Sessions, October 1854.

  • Kent County Lunatic Asylum
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1854
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Credit: Annual medical report of the Kent County Lunatic Asylum, at Barming Heath, Maidstone, for the year 1853-4, ending July 4th : presented to the Committee of Visitors, September 9, 1854 and to the Court of General Sessions, October 1854. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table Xl. continued. Exciting Causes only, ascertained. Predisposing Causes only, ascertained. (B.) M. F. T. (C.) M. F. T. Loss of money. 0 1 1 One relative insane. 1 4 5 Disappointment of affection 0 3 a Ditto, one former attack and 1 o ] Bad domestic news. 0 1 1 Ditto and previous mental Avarice and anxiety over weakness . 1 0 1 savings. 1 0 1 Ditto and Epilepsy. 0 1 1 Losses . 1 0 1 Ditto and one former attack 1 4 5 Disappointment of promo- More than one relative in- tion . 1 0 1 sane . 1 1 Loss of situation through Ditto and injury to head disease of skin. 0 2 o and back . 1 0 1 Domestic misfortune . 1 3 4 Ditto and pregnancy . 0 1 1 Desertion by mistress. 1 0 1 Ditto and one former attack 0 1 1 Reduction of circumstances 1 0 1 One former attack . 4 4 8 Intemperance . 7 1 8 Ditto, intemperance and Epilepsy . 3 0 3 previous mental weakness 1 0 1 Injury from falling. 1 0 1 M ore than one former attack 4 3 7 Paralysis . 2 0 2 Ditto and intemperance ... 2 0 9 Cerebral disease . 1 0 1 Ditto and lactation. 0 1 1 Fever . 0 1 1 Pregnancy .. 0 2 2 Old age. 0 1 1 Intemperance . 3 0 3 Idiocy and mental weakness 2 0 o •J Convulsions during teeth- ing . 0 1 1 Poverty, pecuniary diffi- culty and loss of em- ployment . 0 4 4 Total.20 1 o o 33 Total.22 27 49 Table XL continued. Summary of Ascertained Causes of all Kinds. M. F. T Exciting and predisposing causes combined [A] . 30 31 61 Exciting causes only, ascertained [B]. 20 13 33 Predisposing causes only, ascertained [C] . 22 27 49 Total ascertained causes . 72 71 143 No cause whatever assigned in . 10 15 25 Total admissions . 82 86 168