Report of the Committee of Visitors of the Lunatic Asylum for the counties of Bedford, Hertford, & Huntingdon, called "The Three Counties Asylum," for the year ending the 31st of December, 1871 : with appendices.

  • Three Counties' Asylum (Arlesey, England)
Date:
1872
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Credit: Report of the Committee of Visitors of the Lunatic Asylum for the counties of Bedford, Hertford, & Huntingdon, called "The Three Counties Asylum," for the year ending the 31st of December, 1871 : with appendices. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    APPENDIX . [B] K E P 0 E T OF THE EESIDENT MEDICAL SUPEEINTENDENT. To the Committee of Visitors of the Three Counties Asylum, Gentlemen, I have the honor to lay before you my Twelfth Annual Eeport. On the 31st of December, 1870, the numbers in the Asylum were 265 males, and 268 females, including 7 males and 5 females absent on trial; making a total of 633 patients. The admissions in the course of the year have been, (together with re-admissions) 209, viz. 88 males and 121 females, and the total number under treatment was 742, of these, 51 were discharged recovered, 12 relieved, 2 not improved, and 59 died. There now remain in the Institution 618 viz,, 290 males, and 328 females, including 2 males, and 5 females absent on trial. The daily average number was 559. The number of re-admissions would at first sight appear to be very large, but it is to be attributed to the return of Patients, belonging to these Counties, from the Burntwcod and Salisbury Asylums, from the former 13 males, and 21 females, and the latter 16 females.