Statistics of insanity : embracing a report of Bethlem Hospital, from 1846 to 1860, inclusive / by W. Charles Hood.

  • Hood, W. Charles (William Charles), 1824-1870.
Date:
1862
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Statistics of insanity : embracing a report of Bethlem Hospital, from 1846 to 1860, inclusive / by W. Charles Hood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    to December; and diminished still more in February and ]\4arch. Hie admissions during nine years (1806—1814) were, (Esquirol, op. cU., p. 32,) J anuarv . V . . 16.2 February . . . 173 March . . 187 April . . . . 196 M ay . . 243 J une . . . . 251 July . . . . 265 August. . . 239 September . . 206 October . . . 188 November . . 198 December . . 191 2499 M. Esquirol also states that the recoveries were more numerous in spring and autumn than during the other seasons of the year. The mortality in the same locality, and during the same period, was found to be greater in autumn and winter, than in spring and summer months; and the early months of the year were considered the most favourable for cure, inasmuch as more recoveries and fewer deaths were recorded at this season: 790 deaths occurred at the Salpetriere be- tween 1804 and 1814, and were distributed in the following manner,