Sixth annual report of the state of the United Lunatic Asylum for the county and borough of Nottingham; and the fifty-first of the original institution, formerly the General Lunatic Asylum : year 1861.

  • Nottingham United Lunatic Asylum at Snenton
Date:
1862
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sixth annual report of the state of the United Lunatic Asylum for the county and borough of Nottingham; and the fifty-first of the original institution, formerly the General Lunatic Asylum : year 1861. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TO THE COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS FOR THE COUNTY, AND TO THE taw Comic it of t!u loi’oitglt of JJtottiitjjlranr. The Committee of Visitors to the County and Borough of I Nottingham Lunatic Asylum at Sneinton, present the following i Report of their proceedings for the year now drawing to a close, in 3 conformity with the Act of Parliament under which they are ] appointed :— On the 1st January, 1861, the number of patients remaining i in the house was 274, namely, 147 males, and 127 females. Since u then there have been admitted to the 18th of December, 1861, 116, ip namely, 65 males, and 51 females, making under treatment 390, mi viz., 212 males and 178 females during the year. The discharges I l and deaths have not kept pace with the admissions, so that there is an increase in the gross numbers. The recoveries have been 31, relieved 2, not improved 19. 3 d These last were chiefly harmless chronic cases and transfers. There have been 37 deaths. These changes amount to 89. The excess in the admissions over the discharges has therefore raised the number of Lunatics in the Asylum, so that at the present time ( there are 301 persons, of whom 156 are males, and 145 females, k besides 6 males who are temporarily accommodated at the ; Lincolnshire Asylum.