Thirty-sixth annual report of the trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester. October, 1868.

  • State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester
Date:
1869
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Credit: Thirty-sixth annual report of the trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester. October, 1868. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT. To the Trustees of the Worcester Lunatic Hospital. Gentlemen:—In obedience to the laws of the Common¬ wealth, I have the honor to submit to you the Thirty-Sixth Annual Report of the Worcester Lunatic Hospital. For the general results of the year, and the condition of the patients in detail, you are respectfully referred to the following tabular statements, and such brief explanatory remarks as may accompany them:— Table No. 1, Showing the general results during the year. Males. Females. Totals. Patients in the Hospital, October 1, 1867, 177 178 355 Admitted during the year, .... 158 138 296 Whole number under treatment, 335 316 651 Discharged recovered,. 62 48 110 improved,. 44 48 92 not improved, .... 20 14 34 Died,. 21 12 33 Whole number discharged, .... 147 122 269 Remaining, September 80, 1868, 188 194 382 From this table, it appears that two hundred and ninety-six patients were admitted during the last year, of whom one hundred and fifty-eight were males, and one hundred and thirty-eight were females. At the close of the previous year, there were three hundred and fifty-five patients inmates of the hospital, of whom one 2
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