The report of the Chester County Lunatic Asylum at Upton, near Chester for the year ending 31st December, 1870.

  • Chester County Lunatic Asylum
Date:
1871
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Credit: The report of the Chester County Lunatic Asylum at Upton, near Chester for the year ending 31st December, 1870. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    4- CHESTER COUNTY ASYLUM. 35 TABLE XW State of Patients remaining in the Asylum on the 1st day of January, 1871. Males. Females. Total. (Curable' .. 17 30 47 6 As to probability of Recovery ] l Incurable . 243 246 489 Totals . 260 276 536 f Well Educated .... 6 4 10 Able to Read and Write . 196 175 371 Education » „ only. 16 45 61 ' Uneducated ..... 45 49 94 <* i Totals ... 263 273 536 Married . . 79 100 179 Condition as Single . 156 145 301 to Marriage. Widowed . 16 27 43 ^ Not Ascertained .. 9 4 13 Totals . 260 27 6 536 Description Epileptics . . 43 30 73 of probably General Paralytics.. 33 16 49 Incurable H Imbeciles (Congenital) . 25 27 52 Cases. Idiots (Congenital) . 8 13 21 Other Forms of Mental Unsoundness,.. 134 160 294 (66 included in the above have a suicidal tendency).... 243 246 489
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