Sixty-sixth annual report of the directors of the Dundee Royal Asylum for Lunatics : submitted, in terms of their charter, to a general meeting of the directors, 21st June, 1886 with the reports of the medical superintendent and treasurer of the institution.

Dundee Royal Asylum for Lunatics

Date:: 1886

Credit: Sixty-sixth annual report of the directors of the Dundee Royal Asylum for Lunatics : submitted, in terms of their charter, to a general meeting of the directors, 21st June, 1886 with the reports of the medical superintendent and treasurer of the institution. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$TABLE X. Showing the probable Causes of Insanity in the Patients admitted during the Year 1885-86. Number of Instances in which each Cause WAS ASSIGNED. Admissions \ M. No. of Cases, 46 ; F. 93 ; T. 149. As Predisposing Cause. As Exciting Cause. Total. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. Moral— Domestictrouble(includingloss of relatives and friends) ... 6 14 20 10 15 25 16 29 45 Adverse circumstances (includ- ing business anxieties and pecuniary difficulties) 5 6 11 12 17 29 17 23 40 Mental anxiety and worry (not included under the above two heads), and overwork ... • * • • • • » • • 5 7 12 5 7 12 Religious excitement ... 1 • • • 1 2 5 i 3 5 8 Love affairs (including seduc- tion) ... • • • 2 2 ... 5 5 7 7 Fright and nervous shock ,, • • • ... 3 5 8 3 5 8 Physical— Intemperance in drink 6 5 11 5 9 14 11 14 25 ,, ,, sexual • • • 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 Venereal disease 1 1 2 1 1 2 Self-abuse (sexual) ... ... ... Over-exertion ... 3 1 4 1 i 5 2 7 Sunstroke 1 1 1 1 Accident or Injury 3 4 7 2 1 3 5 5 10 Pregnancy • • • 1 1 1 1 2 2 Parturition and the puerperal state ... 2 2 2 2 Lactation 3 3 1 1 4 4 Uterine and ovarian disorders 5 5 1 1 6 6 Puberty Change of Life ... 1 i 1 1 Fevers ... 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 4 Privation and starvation ... 2 2 6 8 14 6 10 16 Old Age 3 2 5 3 2 5 Other bodily Diseases or Dis- orders... 5 5 1 1 o 6 1 7 Previous Attacks 10 O 12 10 0 1 2 Hereditary influences ascer- tabled (direct and collateral) 4 4 8 4 4 8 Congenital defect ascertained • • • 3 7 10 3 7 10 Other ascertained causes 2 2 1 1 9 i 0 Unknown 6 14 20 5 1 5 10 11 19 0 30$