Annual report of the Committee of Visitors of the Surrey Lunatic Asylum.

  • Surrey Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1866
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Credit: Annual report of the Committee of Visitors of the Surrey Lunatic Asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [Table No 14.] CHARACTER OF MENTAL DISEASE ON ADMISSION. FORM OF DISEASE. M. F. T. Mania .. 17 18 35 Dementia . 36 18 54 Melancholia .. : . 7 15 22 Imbecility . 7 1 8 No indication of Insanity 3 0 3 Total.. 70 52 122 [Table No. 15.] ASSIGNED CAUSE OF INSANITY IN THE CASES ADMITTED DURING 1865. CAUSE. M. -■ - . 1 F. T. Moral:— Anxiety.. 1 o 1 Death of a Friend. 0 1 1 Disappointment in Love. 0 1 1 Domestic Unhappiness. 0 4 4 Fright .- 1 0 1 Jealousy.. 1 0 1 Losses in Business.. 1 1 2 Misconduct . 0 1 1 Poverty. 1 1 2 Religion. . 2 3 5 Physical Child Birth .. 0 1 1 Coup de Soleil .. 1 0 1 Congenital . 3 0 3 Disease of Brain . 1 0 1 Epilepsy. 3 3 6 Fever . 4 . 1 0 1 Hereditary . 2 0 2 Hysteria. 0 2 2 Ill Treatment. 1 0 1 Intemperance. 13 1 14 Injury to Head. 4 1 5 Over Exertion. 1 0 1 Prolonged Lactation .. 0 3 3 Puerperal State . 0 1 1 Suppressed Menstruation . 0 1 1 Not ascertained . 33 27 60 Total. ■ 70 52 122