Sixty-third annual report of the County & City of Worcester Lunatic Asylum, Powick, for the 1915-16, and financial statements.

  • County and City of Worcester Lunatic Asylum (Powick)
Date:
1916
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Credit: Sixty-third annual report of the County & City of Worcester Lunatic Asylum, Powick, for the 1915-16, and financial statements. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE D i. Showing all the Causes of Death that entered into the Deaths during the year 1915, arranged as Principal, Contributory, and the Totals of these ; also the number of occasions each principal Cause of Death was verified by Post-mortem Examination, (Voluntary Boarders excluded ). Instances Instances when No. when Names of Causes of Death. returned Veri- returned Total as fied as CONTRI- Incidence. Principal. P.M. BUTORY. General Diseases. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. Tuberculosis of Dung (Phthisis not acute) 19 2 21 21 2 • • • 2 21 2 23 Dysentery (Colitis) • . . . . . • • • . . . 1 1 • • • 1 1 Enteric Fever 1 • • . 1 ♦ . . • • . • . . 1 ... 1 1 Cancer of Diver 1 1 • • • • • • • . . 1 . , . 1 Cancer of Pancreas 1 • • • 1 1 • • . 1 ... 1 Tuberculosis of Spinal Column ... ... 1 1 1 • • • 1 1 (Diseases of Nervous System and of Organs of Special Sense. | Cerebral Haemorrhage 3 3 3 3 3 ■,] General Paralysis of the Insane ... !| Haematoma of Dura Mater 2 ... 2 2 ... ... ... 2 • • • 2 (Pachymeningitis) 1 ... 1 1 ... • . . • • » 1 • • . 1 Epilepsy 3 5 8 6 1 • . . 1 4 5 9 3 Exhaustion from Melancholia 1 1 2 2 • • • • • • • • . 1 1 2 .1 Cerebral Tumour ... 1 • • * 1 1 • • • ... • • • 1 • • • 1 Diseases of Circulatory System. in Valvular Disease of Heart 2 4 6 4 1 3 4 3 7 10 i 'j P'atty Degeneration of Heart 7 7 14 14 3 3 6 10 10 20 1 Cerebral Embolism 1 1 2 2 • ♦ • ... ... 1 1 2 Diseases of Respiratory System. . Dobar Pneumonia... 3 3 6 5 • • • ... . . . 3 3 6 Bronchitis #.. . . . 2 2 2 1 ... 1 1 2 3 Broncho-Pneumonia 1 ... 1 1 ... ... . . . 1 • • • 1 [ Pleurisy ... 1 1 • • • ... ... ... ... 1 1 (Diseases of Digestive System. . Intestinal Obstruction— Intussusception 1 • • • 1 1 • • • • . . • . • 1 • . . 1 Stricture 1 ... 1 1 • • • • • • ... 1 • • • 1 L Peritonitis ... • • • • • • 1 ... 1 1 ... 1 1‘. Abscess of Diver ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 1 • . . 1 1 Diseased of Genito-Urinary System. Bright's Disease 3 1 4 4 2 1 O 5 2 7 )ld Age. ) Senility 8 9 17 15 ... ... ... 8 9 17 external Causes. I Suicide—Cut Throat (Act com¬ mitted before admission) 1 1 1 1 1 ! Not Suicide—Fracture of Femur * 1 • * • 1 1 • • • • • • • • • 1 • • • 1 / Total 59 40 99 89