Nineteenth annual report of the Belfast District Asylum for the insane poor of the counties of Antrim and Down, and county of the town of Carrickfergus : for the year ended the 31st of March, 1849 / drawn up by the resident physician.

  • Belfast District Lunatic Asylum
Date:
1849
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Credit: Nineteenth annual report of the Belfast District Asylum for the insane poor of the counties of Antrim and Down, and county of the town of Carrickfergus : for the year ended the 31st of March, 1849 / drawn up by the resident physician. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE III. Alleged causes of insanity in tlie cases admitted during the year. Males. Females. Total. Grief—disappointment—anxiety • • • • • • 11 15 26 Bodily ailments, • • • • • • 4 7 11 Intemperance, • • • 8 2 10 Poverty and distress of times, • • • 5 3 8 Fright, . • • • 3 3 6 Paralysis, ... . • • • 5 1 6 Loss of Employment, ... • • • 3 2 5 Religious excitement, ... • • • • • • 3 o sW 5 Epilepsy, . * • • • • • 2 3 5 Fear of want,. • • • 3 0 3 Puerperal condition, ... • •• • • • 0 3 3 Abuse of Mercury, . 1 l 2 Injury from a fall, . • • • • • • 1 0 1 J ealousy, . • •• • • • 1 0 1 Unknown or hereditary, • •• • • • 4 2 6 Totally Unknown, . • • • • • • 7 15 22 61 59 120 TABLE IV.— FORMS OF DISEASE. Males. Females. Total. 1M am a, ... ... ... ... • • • • • 0 38 28 66 Mono-mania, • • • • • • 2 1 3 Melancholia, . • • • • •• 16 27 43 Dementia, .. . • • • • • • 5 3 8 61 59 120 TABLE V.—RELIGION. Episcopalians,. Males. Females. Total' • • • • • • 24 15 39 Roman Catholics, . • ii • •• 9 18 27 Presbyterians and Protestant Dissenters, • • • 28 26 54 61 59 120 TABLE VI.—SOCIAL CONDITION. Married, . Males. Females. Total. • • • • • • 34 23 57 Single,. • •• • • • 25 29 54 Widowers and Widows,,. • M • • • 2 7 9 — — - 61 59 120
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