Report of the Committee of Visitors, and twelfth annual report of the medical superintendent, of the asylum for the insane poor of the County of Wilts / Wiltshire County Lunatic Asylum.

  • Wiltshire County Asylum
Date:
1863
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Credit: Report of the Committee of Visitors, and twelfth annual report of the medical superintendent, of the asylum for the insane poor of the County of Wilts / Wiltshire County Lunatic Asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    / Average Notwithstanding the precautionary measures Numbers. referre(] to, the numbers admitted somewhat exceed those of any previous year; whilst the average numbers under care, in part owing to the low rate of mortality, have considerably increased, viz., from 351.2 to 372. Of these last, 149.7 are men, and 222.3 women. The numbers at present in the Asylum are 379, viz., 153 men and 226 women; numbers which, as regards the female department, imply a considerable and increased degree of crowding in the dormitories. Discharges and Recoveries. During the year 68 patients have been discharged as recovered, and 9 as relieved. This is a high proportion, and higher than in any year since the Asylum was opened ; the recoveries being at the rate of 55.3 per cent of the admissions ; the mean rate for the ten previous years being 42.4 per cent. Thirteen of the whole number were discharged on trial, for periods of two months each. Of these two were brought back to the Asylum before the expiration of the time of trial. Four were removed not improved: three of these were transferred to the Asylums for Counties to Unions in which they were chargeable, and one was removed at the request of relatives, under the provisions of the Statute, 16 & 17 Viet., c. 97, s. 81. N Criminal There are at present six male and two female Lunatics.” « crjminal lunatics” under care. One of the latter was admitted in February, from the gaol at Salisbury, under a warrant of the Secretary of State, she having been “ found insane before trial,” on a charge of “ mali¬ ciously wounding” a little girl, her niece. One man was admitted from the same gaol, on the like authority,