Third annual report of the state of the United Lunatic Asylum for the county and borough of Nottingham; and the forty-eighth of the original institution : year 1858.

  • Nottingham United Lunatic Asylum at Snenton.
Date:
1859
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Credit: Third annual report of the state of the United Lunatic Asylum for the county and borough of Nottingham; and the forty-eighth of the original institution : year 1858. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    APPENDIX Table I. CLASSIFICATION OF PATIENTS IN THE ASYLUM ON 31st DECEMBER, 1858. Private Patients, Second Class . 16 15 31 County Paupers ... ... . 82 71 153 County Criminals 2 3 5 'Borough Paupers ••• ••• ••• 20 39 59 Borough Criminal 1 0 1 Borough of Newark Paupers. 3 6 9 Out-county Pauper ... ... ... ... 1 0 1 125 134 259 Daily Average Number Resident, 255.6. Table II, SHOWING- THE ALLEGED CAUSES OF INSANITY IN THE ADMISSIONS 1858. MORAL. M. F. PHYSICAL. M. F. Death of Relatives or Age . 0 1 Employer . 1 3 Amenorrhcea . 0 1 Disappointed of Money 0 2 Congenital . 2 1 Jealousy. 0 1 Epilepsy. 7 3 Love 0 1 Fever . 1 1 Over-study . 1 0 Former Attacks. 3 7 Poverty. 1 3 Gastric Disorder 2 1 Pecuniary Loss. 1 1 Heat of the Weather ... 1 0 Quarrel .. ; 1 Hereditary . 5 11 Religious Excitement ... i 1 Intemperance 13 0 Scarcity of Work i 0 Miscarriage . 0 1 Trouble. i 2 Paralysis. 2 1 Physical Injury. 3 0 8 15 Puerperal State. 0 2 Self-abuse . 1 0 Unknown .. 7 14 40 30 Totcil ••• ••• ••• 55 59 The hereditary predisposition existed in six other cases. Table III. SHOWING THE FORM OF INSANITY OF THE PATIENTS ADMITTED. M. F. Total. Mania, Acute ... • • • • • • 9 9 9 • • • 26 23 49 „ Chronic... • • • 9*9 12 12 24 „ Puerperal • • • • • • 0 2 2 Monomania 9 9 • 9 9 9 1 1 2 Melancholia 8 18 26 . Dementia • • • 9 9 9 2 2 4 Idiocy . • • • 1 1 2 Imbecility • • • • • • • • • 9 9 9 5 0 5 55 59 114