Thirty-second annual report of the directors of James Murray's Royal Asylum for Lunatics, near Perth. June, 1859.

  • James Murray's Royal Asylum for Lunatics.
Date:
1859
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Credit: Thirty-second annual report of the directors of James Murray's Royal Asylum for Lunatics, near Perth. June, 1859. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    II.—ADMISSION S—[Continued.] Males. Females. Total. Ironmaster, 1 0 1 Labourer, 1 0 1 Mason, 1 0 1 Merchant, 1 0 1 y y WlfG Of <by ••• ••• • • • 0 1 1 jSt OTlSy ••• ••• ••• 2 2 4 Nurse, 0 1 1 Officer in the Army, 1 0 1 Printer, 1 0 1 Quarryman, 1 0 1 Saddler, 1 0 1 Sailor y ••• 1 0 1 yy WlfG Of a y ••• • • • • • • 0 1 1 Schoolmaster, 1 0 1 Servants, domestic, ... 0 7 7 Shoemakers, 3 0 3 ,, wife of a, ... ... 0 1 1 Shopkeeper, 0 1 1 Slater y ••• ••• 1 0 1 Smithy ••• ••• • • • 1 0 1 Tailors, 2 0 2 Teacher, 0 1 1 Weavers, 2 3 5 Writer to the Signet, widow of a, 0 1 1 5.—Form of Insanity. 9 Dementia,... 1 10 General Paralysis, 1 1 2 Mania, Acute, 7 10 17 „ Chronic, 1 3 4 „ Nymphomania, 0 2 2 „ Puerperal, 0 1 1 Melancholia, 8 16 24 Monomania, 11 8 19 6.—Causes assigned. Association with other insane members of family, 1 0 1 Congenital, 1 0 1 Desertion by husband. 0 2 2 Disappointment in love. 0 5 5 Dissipation, 1 0 1 Excitement in business, 3 0 3 D