Fourteenth annual report of the medical superintendent of the lunatic asylum, for the counties of Salop and Montgomery, and for the boroughs of Much Wenlock, Shrewsbury, and Oswestry. 1858 / [Salop and Montgomeryshire Counties Lunatic Asylum].

  • Salop and Montgomeryshire Counties Lunatic Asylum
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1859
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Credit: Fourteenth annual report of the medical superintendent of the lunatic asylum, for the counties of Salop and Montgomery, and for the boroughs of Much Wenlock, Shrewsbury, and Oswestry. 1858 / [Salop and Montgomeryshire Counties Lunatic Asylum]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OF THE MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT OF THE LUNATIC ASYLUM FOR THE COUNTIES OF SALOP AND MONTGOMERY, AND THE ASSOCIATED BOROUGHS OF MUCH WENLOCK, SHREWSBURY, <5s OSWESTRY. ON the first of January, 1858, the Number of Patients in the Asylum was 329 (viz: 152 Males and 177 Females.) In the course of the year 100 Patients viz: 50 Males and;^ 50 Females) were admitted; 48 iviz: 22 Men and 26 Women) were discharged Recovered; 9 (viz : 2 Men and 7 Women) were discharged Relieved; 1 Woman was discharged not improved ; and 33 (viz ; 15 Men and 18 Women] died.—The number of Patients remaining in the Asylum on the 31st, December, 1858, was consequently 338 [viz : 163 Men and 175 Women].-—This shows an aggregate increase on the number of Patients remaining at the end of the previous year of 9,—an actual decrease of 2 in the number of Women, and a consequent increase of 11 on the part of the Men alone. The daily average number of Patients resident during the year, 1858, was 337 [viz: 156 Men and 180 Women]. * No person was admitted twice in the course of this year, excepting one Woman. This circumstance reduces the number of Females received to 49 individuals, and the aggregate number of individuals of both Sexes j admitted during the year 1858 Irom 100 to 99,