Thirty-third annual report of the directors of James Murray's Royal Asylum for Lunatics, near Perth. June, 1860.

  • James Murray's Royal Asylum for Lunatics
Date:
1860
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Credit: Thirty-third annual report of the directors of James Murray's Royal Asylum for Lunatics, near Perth. June, 1860. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    00 II.—ADMISSIONS—[Continued], Males. Females Total. Religious excitement, ... 4 3 7 Remorse after birth of an illegitimate child, 0 1 1 Sequele of Cystitis, 1 0 1 ,, Fever, 0 1 1 ,, Small Pox, ... 1 0 1 6.—Co-existent Physical Diseases or Deformities, 8fc. Amputation of right hand, ... 0 1 1 1 Biliary derangement, 1 0 1 Cataract, •«. •. * . * * 2 0 2 Cystitis, Chronic, i i 0 1 Debility from Abstinence from food, ... 1 3 4 ,, Parturition and Lactation, 0 2 2 ,, other causes, ... 4 3 7 Ecchymoses, ... 0 1 1 Hemorrhoids, 0 1 1 Lesions of the senses of hearing, sight, & speech, 0 1 1 None, 14 19 33 Paralysis, 0 1 1 Synovitis, Chronic, 1 0 1 Ulcers on legs, 0 1 1 7.—Duration of Insanity prior to admission. Under a week, 2 0 2 Between 1 week and 1 month, 7 13 20 ,, 1 and 6 months, 5 9 14 6 12 ,, VJ ,, ,, ••• • • • 1 2 3 ,, 1 ,, 2 years, 0 2 2 9 'a ,, U 5) * * * • * • 0 3 3 ,, 5 ,, 10 ,, 3 2 5 „ 10 „ 20 „ 2 0 2 „ 20 „ 30 „ . 1 0 1 ,, 30 „ 40 ,, 0 1 1 Congenital, ... ... ... ...- Duration unknown, 1 1 2 2 0 2 8.—Re-admissions :* a. Frequency. For Second time, 6 5 11 », I bird ,, • • • ••• 1 3 4 1 * Re-admissions into this Asylum. The number of relapses, or of separate attacks of Insanity, is generally, however, much greater than is here stated, the patients having been either treated at home or in other Asylums during former illnesses.