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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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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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    Table 18._Shewing the number op “ insane persons, lunatics, and IDIOTS,” IN THE COUNTY OP WILTS, CHARGEABLE TO THE SEVERAL UNIONS, &C., ON THE 1ST DAY OP JANUARY, 1863.* In Wilts In Private or In Union In Lodgings Unions, &c. County , other County or Parish or with their 'Totals. Asylum Asylums. Workhouses. Friends. Male Fem. Male 1 Fem. Male Fem. ___. Male rri CD 3 Male 1 Fem. 1 Alderhury . . 14 22 • 9 4 1 2 3 20 26 2 Amesbury . . 4 5 • • 1 9 1 2 6 7 3 Andover* . . • 2 • • • * 9 9 9 2 4 Bradford* . . 13 10 « • 1 3 8 9 22 22 5 Caine. • • • 8 9 • • 9 l» t 3 7 20 23 6 Chippenham . 10 16 • • 6 8 8 12 24 36 7 Cirencester* . 3 1 t * 9 9 1 1 4 2 8 Cricklade and 1 21 Wootton Bassett 3 8 • 2 3 2 9 / 9 Devizes . . 10 13 • 6 8 9 7 16 28 10 Farringdon* . * • • 9 • 0 9 9 9 • 11 Fordingbridge* 2 1 • 9 1 1 • 1 3 3 12 High worth and Swindon . . 10 15 • 9 2 4 5 7 17 26 13 Hungerford* . 8 8 « 9 1 4 9 3 9 15 14 Malmsbury . 5 4 • 1 1 1 7 10 13 16 15 Marlborough . 7 8 It 9 2 9 2 2 12 10 16 Melksham . . 14 16 • 9 3 10 8 7 25 33 17 Mere* . . • 2 3 9 1 2 1 2 4 7 18 New Forest* . • • • • 9 2 9 9 9 2 19 Pewsey . . . 6 8 * 9 1 3 1 9 8 11 20 Hornsey* . . 0 2 9 9 • 9 9 9 9 2 21 Stockbridge*. • • • • 9 9 9 9 9 • 22 Tetbury* . . • • • • 9 9 9 • 9 9 23 Tisbury* . . 7 6 * • 2 4 5 11 14 21 24 Warminster . §5 Westbury and • 4 20 14 • • 2 2 6 4 12 13 26 Whorwellsdown 6 S • 2 3 5 4 21 26 Wilton . . . 3 12 • ■3 3 5 8 14 14 31 Extra Parochial Place . . . • *. • 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 Salisbury Cityll 9 13 A 9 2 9 1 1 13 14 Devizes Boroughll Chargeable to the 3 ] 9 • It 9 1 9 9 1 4 10 1 County . . . Chargeable to 1 9 9 9 9 9 2 other Counties 1 • y 9 9 9 9 9 9 1 9 153 226 3 2 53 71 74 1 117 283 416 Totals J i i j J V j V Y V Y Y 379 5 124 | 191 H 699 * Extracted from the returns of the Clerks of the Unions, to the Clerk of the Peace. + The Unions marked thus * are only partly in the county of Wilts, t Criminal patients, under order of the Secretary of State. II The City of Salisbury and Borough of Devizes, not having contributed to its erection, are not entitled to send their patients to the County Asylum, unless under special agreement and at a higher rate.