First annual report : for the year 1895 / Sunderland Borough Asylum.

  • Sunderland Borough Asylum
Date:
1895
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Credit: First annual report : for the year 1895 / Sunderland Borough Asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Illustrations of Suicidal Tendency in those Admitted. Males. Females. Total. Have Attempted Suicide.. 7 3 10 Have Meditated Suicide . ... 14 8 22 Total Suicidal . 21 11 32 Forms of Insanity in which Suicide was attempted— Melancholia ... 6 3 9 General Paralysis. 1 ... 1 Total . 7 3 10 Form of Insanity in which Suicide was I meditated— Acute Mania... 1 1 2 Melancholia ... 12 4 16 General Paralysis.. 1 3 4 Total.! . 14 Q O 22 Nature of the Attempt— Browning . 2 ] 3 Poisoning . 1 .. 1 Precipitation. 1 1 Cut Throat . . . . 1 1 Strangulation .. 2 ... 2 Tried to throw himself under Train . 1 ... 1 Attempted to jump ever Pier . ... 1 1 TABLE XX. Giving data concerning Patients on December 31st, 1895. Males. | Females. Total. Epileptic. 18 12 30 General Paralytic. 9 6 15 Actively Suicidal . 3 1 3 6 Number of Patients over 70 .. 1 14 15 Under continuous supervision at night . 71 71 142 Employed usefully . 117 105 222 Bedridden ... 4 6 10 ^Number of Day Staff. 15 15 30 Number of Night Staff . 4 4 8 * Excluding Matron, Head Attendant, Artisan Attendants, and Maids,
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