The report of the Committee of Visitors and Medical Superintendent of the Devon County Lunatic Asylum.

  • Devon County Lunatic Asylum
Date:
[1858?]
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Credit: The report of the Committee of Visitors and Medical Superintendent of the Devon County Lunatic Asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    u PATIENTS ADMITTED DURING THE YEAR. 1857. TABLE No. I. Forms of Disease on Admission. Mania, recent . . .66 „ chronic . . .18 Monomania . . j Melancholia . . .39 Dementia . . .4 n with Paralysis . 2 Idiocy . Imbecility General Paralysis Epilepsy Total 154 TABLE No. II. Age on Admission. Under 10 years . 2 From 10 to 20 . 6 „ 20 „ 30 . . 29 „ 30 „ 40 . . 30 „ 40 „ 50 . . 43 „ 50 „ 60 . . 25 From 60 to 70 . . . io 1 0 >> 80 . , .4 Above 80 . .2 Unknown . . .3 Total 154 TABLE No. HI. Assigned Cause of Illness in Patients Admitted. Anxiety and Grief . . l Anxiety . . .6 Blows on Head . . . i Climateric period . . i Deafness . . i Disease of Brain . . i Domestic Afflictions . . 4 Disappointed Affections. . 3 Disappointment . . 2 Epilepsy . . .7 Erysipelas . . . ] Fevers . . . .2 Falls . . , .4 Frights . . . .6 Grief at Death of Mistress . 1 » „ Parents . 1 Grief at Death of Son . . 1 „ „ Sister . . l Hereditary . . .11 Hysteria . . . 1 Intemperance . . .8 Old Age . . .1 Paralysis . . .4 Puerperal Fever . . 1 Pregnancy . . .2 Religious Fanaticism . . 4 Reduced Circumstances. . 6 . Sickness . . .1 Sun Stroke . . .1 Unknown or no cause assigned . 70 Total 154 TABLE No. IV. Duration of Attacks previous to Admission. Under 2 months . 69 Upwards of 10 years From 2 to 6 months . 30 Congenital »> 6 ,, 12 ,, 8 Unknown ,, 1 „ 3 years . 18 ,, 3 ,, 10 ,, • 10 Total 154