Twenty-first annual report of the Belfast District Asylum for the insane of the counties of Antrim and Down, and the county of the town of Carrickfergus : for the year ending 31st March, 1851 / drawn up by the resident physician.

Date:
1851
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Twenty-first annual report of the Belfast District Asylum for the insane of the counties of Antrim and Down, and the county of the town of Carrickfergus : for the year ending 31st March, 1851 / drawn up by the resident physician. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    OF THE BELFAST DISTRICT ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE, For the Year ending 31st March, 1851. Table I.—General Statement of the Year’s Admissions, &c. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. In Asylum, 1st April, 1850, ... ... ... ... 147 121 268 Admitted since, New Cases, ... 68 66 134 Do. Relapsed do. ... 1 5 6 Total under Treatment during the year, Discharged Recovered,during the year, 33 48 81 “ Relieved, “ 11 18 29 Died, during the year, ... ... 22 7 29 Remaining under Treatment, 31st March, 1851, Admissions this year moro than last year, ... ' . - s’ , J Daily average number of Patients during the year, ... Do. for the year ending 31st March, 1850, ... 69 71 140 216 192 408 66 73 139 150 119 269 12 8 20 'A \ « • v Y ••• 27L12 • • • • • • 267.50 Average annual Expense of each Patient this year, includ- \ ing every charge, ... ... ... ... ... ... ) Do. for the year ending 31st March, 1850, Being a decrease on each Patient this year of £11 IS 5 12 17 3 0 18 10 Total Expenditure for the year, ending 31st March, 1851, ... £3,232 : 2s. << U Dangerous Lunatics” admitted during the year, viz. ] from Antrim Jail, 1 Male, 1 Female; from Down ! Jail, 11 Males, 3 Females, ... ... ... y Dangerous Lunatics0 in the House, 31st March' 1851, viz. from Antrim Jail, 1 Female; from Down Jail, 6 ]Males, ... ... ... ... .... Criminal Lunatics,” in the House, 31st March, 1851, Males. Females. Total. 12 4 16 6 1 7