On the comparative liability of males and females to insanity : and their comparative curability and mortality when insane / by Edward Jarvis.

  • Jarvis, Edward, 1803-1884.
Date:
1850
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Credit: On the comparative liability of males and females to insanity : and their comparative curability and mortality when insane / by Edward Jarvis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I have now collected the Reports of 1-59 Hospitals and licensed establishments, public and private for the in- sane in England and Wales, 8 in Scotland, 12 in Ireland, 37 in Belgium, 11 in France, 2 in Germany, 20 in the United States, and 1 in Canada,—250 in all, which for various periods, but equal for both sexes, have reported the numbers of male and female lunatics admitted. In the Reports of Great Britain and Ireland the re-admis- sions are not included; but as no exception of this nature is made in regard to the Hospitals of other nations, it is probable that the re-admissions are included. The number and sexes of the patients admitted in these 250 Hospitals and establishments are shown in the three following tables :— TABLE II. Male and Female Patients admitted into American Hospitals. * Hospital or AMjlom. Locate. Time of record. Patient* admitted Male. ., for 1M .T . ,, lea- Males. Ferr.. Fern. Massachusetts State, Worcester, 1833 to 1849 1,707 1 650 McLean, Somerville, Mass. 1818 to 1S49 1.661 1371 \™y> Boston, Mass. 1839 to 1849 313 ogg Maine State, Augusta, 1840 to 1849 474 394 A. Hampshire State, Concord, 18412 to 1849 74 <>73 Vermont, Brattleboro', 1846 to 1849 309 315 Connecticut Hartford, 1824 to 1849 94» 955 Bloomingdale, Blooniingdale.N.Y. 1821 to 1849 1 221 853 New \ork State, Utiea, i844 to 1849 1,209 1 167 New Jersey State, Trenton, 1848 47 qq Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1841 to 1849 889 710 Knd j;rankfbrd,Pa., 1818 to 1849 547 52 Maryland, Ba timore, 1839 to 1849 623 446 Virginia East. State. W.lhniiwburgh, 1836 to 1849 650 384 \ii-g.n,aWest. State, Staunton, 1836 to 1849 410 ^66 Louisiana State, Jackson, 1848,1849 73 57 leunessee State, Nashville, 1844 to 1849 215 101 Kentucky State, Lexington. 1824 to 1849 1 0*0 }£ Indiana State, Indianapolis. ]84q ' 4l m Obo State Columbus, 1839 to 1849 716 649 I emp. Asylum, Beauport, Canada, 1845 to 1848 122 112 Twenty-one Asylums, u~3 1~ ~ Condensed from tbe annual reports of these Institutions.