Twenty-fourth annual report of the Belfast District Hospital for the Insane of the counties of Antrim and Down, and the county of the town of Carrickfergus : from the 1st April, 1853, to the 31st March, 1854.

  • Belfast District Hospital for the Insane
Date:
1854
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Twenty-fourth annual report of the Belfast District Hospital for the Insane of the counties of Antrim and Down, and the county of the town of Carrickfergus : from the 1st April, 1853, to the 31st March, 1854. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table XVI.—Employment. Assisting Servants, Males. 10 Females. 12 Total. 22 Basket-making, • • • 2 0 2 Breaking Freestone, &c., ... ... .., • • • 10 0 10 Cultivating the Ground, ... • • • 60 0 60 Gardening Labour, • • • 10 0 10 Embroidering, • • • 0 4 4 Knitting, * • • 2 14 16 Making and Repairing Clothing, Bedding, &c 0 16 16 Making and Repairing Shoes, • • • 2 0 2 Painting, • • • 1 0 1 Pumping Water, ... • • • 16 0 16 Quilting, • • • 0 4 4 Smith Work, • • • 2 0 2 Spinning,. . • • • 0 18 18 Sweeping Yards, Carrying Coals, &c., &c., • 0 • 16 0 16 Tailoring, ... ... . • • • 5 0 5 Washing in Laundry, • • • 0 36 16 Weaving, Winding, and Warping, tli 12 0 12 Totals, ... ... ... • « « 148 84 232 Table XVII— Forms of Disease of the Total Number of Patients remaining in the Hospital, on 31st March, 1854. Mania, ... ... ... ... • • • « • • Males. 101 Females. 64 Total. 165 Do. complicated with Epilepsy, ... • • • • • • 8 3 11 Monomania, • •• • 10 16 26 Melancholia, • • • • • • 18 36 54 Congenital Idiocy, ... • • » • • • 2 0 2 Dementia, ... • • • • • • 7 11 18 Totals, • • » • • • 146 130 276 Table XVIII.-Shewing the State of the Cases remaining in the Hospital, 31st March, 1854. Chronic Cases, Males. 130 Females. 97 Total. 227 Probably Curable do., • * • • • • 16 33 49 Totals, • • • • • • 146 130 276 Table XIX.-Shewing the Religious Persuasions of the 276 Patients remaining in the Hospital, on 31st March, 1854. Established Church of England and Ireland, ... Males. 36 Females. 34 Total 70 ]\I ethodists,... ... •. o ... ... ... 0 4 4 Presbyterians, 56 43 99 Roman Catholics, ... 51 47 98 Unitanans, «•• ... ... ... ... «.. 3 2 5 Totals, ... ... ... ... 146 130 276