Statistics of insanity : being a decennial report of Bethlem Hospital, 1846-1855 / by W. Charles Hood.
- Hood, William Charles, Sir.
- Date:
- 1856
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Statistics of insanity : being a decennial report of Bethlem Hospital, 1846-1855 / by W. Charles Hood. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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![Diet. Eesults. Solids. Liquids. Prop, of Mean Meat and Cheese. Pud- ding, Flour, &c. Solids, except Veee- tables. Por- ridge, Milk, Soup, Broth, &o. Beer. Eeco- veries percent, of the Admis- sions. Annual Mortal- ity per cent. Eesi- dent. Nottingham 1 1812-^0., J ounces. 46 ounces. 202 ounces. 248 pints. 15 pints. 14 43.09 7.34 Stafiford, \ 1818-40.. j 46 193 238 7 14 43.08 13.53 Gloucester, 1 1823-32.. J t A A y 1 A 44.94 719 Average of 1 the three j 46 179 225 10 14 43.7 935 Lancaster, 1 XoXO^iJv. . J 113§ 138i 7 3^ 40.17 18.01 York (West ] Riding), | 1818-41.. J 18 116 134 25 44.18 16.16 Suffolk, \ 1829-41.. J 16§ 152 168^ 12 40.53 12.32 Middlesex, l 1831-39.. J 18 122 140 18 22.12 11.69 Average of 1 the four .. J 19i 125^ 145 15^ 36.75 14.54 Middlesex, 1 1839-43.. J 35i 126 161^ 9 7 28.75 856 These seven Asylums, Dr. Thurnam proceeds to say, {op. cit, p. 95,) may be fairly divided into two groups: in one of whicli the diet is, or was at the time to which the table refers, considerably above, and in the other considerably below, the average diet of the county asylums as a class. In](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24749217_0116.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
