Fifty-fifth annual report of the directors of the Glasgow Royal Asylum for Lunatics, submitted, in terms of their charter, to general meeting of contributors, 14th January, 1869.

  • Glasgow Royal Lunatic Asylum
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1869
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Credit: Fifty-fifth annual report of the directors of the Glasgow Royal Asylum for Lunatics, submitted, in terms of their charter, to general meeting of contributors, 14th January, 1869. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table 4.—Showing the Causes of Death. Permission Granted.—Ascertained by Post-Mortem Examination in 16 Male and 23 Female Cases—39. Cerebral or Spinal Disease. Paralysis, one also Epileptic, General Paralysis, .... Do. and Asphyxia, Disease of Brain and Phthisis, Abscess, Congestion, Softening and other ) Disease of the Brain and its Membranes, ) Epilepsy and Convulsions, . Caries of the Cervical Vertebrae, . Thoracic Disease. Disease of Heart and Brain, Phthisis Pulmonalis, .... Do. and Disease of Brain, Pneumonia,. Do. and Disease of Brain, Pleuro-Pneumonia, .... Do. with Hydrothorax, Males. Females. Total. 0 ... 2 ... 2 5 ... 0 ... 5 1 ... 0 ... 1 0 ... 1 ... 1 9 ... 12 ... 21 2 ... 1 ... 3 0 ... 1 ... 1 1 ... 0 .. 1 2 .. 12 ... 14 3 ... 3 ... 6 0 ... 1 ... 1 1 ... 0 ... 1 2 ... 0 ... 2 1 ... 0 ... 1 Abdominal Disease. Enteritis, General Disease. Medullary Sarcoma, Senile Decay, 0 ... 1 ... 1 0 ... 1 ... 1 1 ... 2 ... 3 Total, . 28 ... 37 ... 65 Table 5.—Showing the per Cent, of Deaths upon the Total Number Treated; the Number Treated to a Conclusion; and the Number Admitted. $ Cent. Total Number Treated,. .... 874 ) -p.- r1 ( 7‘43 it M to a Conclusion, . 285 £ ’ •] 22-80 Admitted,.313 ) ’ ( 2076
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