Seventeenth annual report of the Belfast District Asylum for the insane poor of the counties of Antrim, Down, and county of the town of Carrickfergus : for the year ending 31st of March, 1847 / drawn up by the resident physician.

  • Belfast District Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1847
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Credit: Seventeenth annual report of the Belfast District Asylum for the insane poor of the counties of Antrim, Down, and county of the town of Carrickfergus : for the year ending 31st of March, 1847 / drawn up by the resident physician. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE III. Alleged causes of insanity in the cases admitted during the year. Males. Females. Total. Grief, disappointment, anxiety, ... • • • • • • 7 16 23 Intemperance, 10 4 14 Pecuniary difficulties, losses in trade, &c., 4 6 10 Bodily ailments, ... 2 5 7 Fright, • • • 1 4 5 Religious excitement, • • . • • • 1 3 4 SedenMry employments, ... . .. • • • 2 2 4 Over-work, 1 2 3 Injury of head, • • • 2 1 3 Effects of fever, • • • o A* 1 3 Cerebral inflammation, ... • • • « • • 1 1 2 Epilepsy, ... • • • ] 1 2 Paialysis, ... ... ... ... • • • 2 0 2 Puerperal state, ... 0 2 2 Irregular habits, ... • • • 1 0 l Remorse,.. • • • 1 0 1 Unknown, hut traced to hereditary predisposition, 6 4 10 Totally unknown, • • • ... 6 11 17 50 63 113 TABLE IY._FORMS OF DISEASE. Males. Females. Total. Mania, ... .. ... ... • • • • • • 36 33 69 Mono-mania, • • • • • • 5 4 9 Melancholia, • •• • • • 8 22 30 Dementia,. • • • • •• 1 4 5 50 63 113 TABLE V.— RELIGION. Males. Females. Total. Established Church, • • » • • • 13 20 33 Roman Catholics,... • • • • • • 14 23 37 Presbyterians and Dissenters, • * • M 23 20 43 50 63 113 TABLE VI.—SOCIAL CONDITION. • Males. Females. Total. Married, . • • • • • ■ 20 26 46 Single, ... ... «co ... Ml • • • 27 27 54 Widowers and Widows,. • • • • •• 3 10 13 * 50 63 113