Address on heredity in relation to insanity, given to the members of the London County Council, at the County Hall, S.W., on June 26th, 1912 / by F.W. Mott.
- Frederick Walker Mott
- Date:
- [1912?]
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Address on heredity in relation to insanity, given to the members of the London County Council, at the County Hall, S.W., on June 26th, 1912 / by F.W. Mott. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![beeiij in the London County Asylums, ddie reason for doing so was to see if tlie anatomical features of the hrain—the organ of mind—showed Iik(; the physiognomy features of resemblance in the fissures. li)r. Ldgar Schuster has carefully examined and reported on the brains of a mother and daughter and of two brothers, and in a long a,ml valuable communica- TahJe showing Number of Cases Reported from each Asyhun. Asylum. Died. Discharged. Transferred. Resident. Total. Total. M. F. M. ¥. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. and F. Btaiistead . ()3 55 30 40 5 3 74 66 172 164 336 Bexley 4S 6l 39 47 7 8 117 113 211 229 440 Cane Hill . 37 31 15 19 11 / 52 108 115 165 280 Claybury . 55 67 38 57 10 17 81 125 184 266 450 Colney Hatch . 93 88 57 71 4 7 103 142 257 308 565 Hamvell . 51 48 34 60 7 5 63 136 155 219 404 Horton 39 27 21 27 10 8 83 101 153 163 316 Long Grove 12 9 25 33 3 5 64 88 104 135 239 The Manor — 13 11 — 2 1 44 1 70 71 The Colony 2 — 1 — 3 — 9 2 15 2 17 Total 400 399 260 365 60 62 647 925 1367 1751 3118 Table showing Proportion of Deaths and Recoveries amongst ‘‘ Relative ” Cases. Discharged. Transferred. Died. Resident. Total. Males .... 260 = 19-0 II o CO 400 = 29-2 647 = 47-3 1367 per cent. IDer cent. per cent. per cent. Females 365 = 20-8 62 — 3'5 399 - 22-7 925 = 52-8 1751 per cent. per cent. }ier cent. per cent. Total . 625 - 20-0 122 =3 3-9 799 - 25-6 1572 = 50-4 3118 per cent. per cent. ]>er cent. per cent. tion has demonstrated the many points of similarity that exist. Since there is a correlation of structure and function throughout Nature we may presume that this affords an indication of a resemblance in the raw material of mentality in members of the same family. From a few hundred cases at the commencement of the inquiry the list has rapidly increased until it has now reached 3118 cases. This has involved a vast amount of work, and I wish to express my indebtedness to all the superintendents and medical officers, to the Clerk of the Asylums](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28060908_0019.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
