Thirty-eighth annual report of the county and city of Worcester Pauper Lunatic Asylum for the year 1890.

  • Worcester Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Date:
1891
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Credit: Thirty-eighth annual report of the county and city of Worcester Pauper Lunatic Asylum for the year 1890. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE X. Showing the Probable Causes of the Insanity in the Patients Admitted during the Year 1890. Causes of Insanity. Nu Ins wh ca ass M mber ;ance ich use \ ugne F of s in each vas Iff T Pro cei tot of ] mi t M portio it). t( al nu 3atien ited d lie Yt F n (per i the mber ts ad uring :ar. T Moral. Domestic Trouble (including loss of relatives and friends) . 4 3 7 40 2*9 3*5 Adverse Circumstances (including Business Anxieties and Pecuniary Difficulties). 8 3 11 8-1 2*9 5*5 Mental Anxiety and Worry (not included under the above two heads), and Over-work .... 4 4 8 4-0 3*9 4 0 Religious Excitement . 0 3 3 3*9 1 5 Love Affairs (including Seduction) . 1 2 3 DO 2*0 i *5 Fright and Nervous Shock. 0 0 0 Physical. Old Age . 1 4 5 ro 3*9 2*5 Epilepsy.. 6 13 19 6-1 12*7 9’4 General Paralysis. 20 4 24 20-2 3*9 11 9 Fevers. 1 1 2 l-o 0*9 10 Other Bodily Diseases or Disorders. 4 2 6 4 0 2 0 3*0 Accident or Injury . O 2 5 3 0 2 0 2'5 Privation and Starvation . 0 2 2 2*0 1*0 Over-exertion. 0 0 0 Sunstroke . 1 0 1 1 0 0*5 Pubertv . 0 0 0 Change of Life. 0 2 2 2*0 l 0 Lactation . 0 t 1 0*9 0 5 Pregnancy . 0 4 4 3*9 2*0 Parturition and the Puerperal State. 0 3 3 2*9 1 5 Uterine and Ovarian Disorders. 0 0 0 Congenital Defect. 3 5 8 3-0 4*9 4 0 Hereditary Influence. 11 12 23 11*1 11*8 11*4 Family Predisposition (not direct Heredity).... ] 6 15 31 16*2 14*1 154 Intemperance in Drink.. 10 3 13 101 2*9 6*4 ,, Sexual . 0 0 0 Venereal Disease .I . 0 0 0 Self-abuse, Sexual. 1 0 1 1*0 0*5 Previous Attacks ... 17 28 45 17'2 27 5 22 3 Other ascertained causes. 0 1 1 0*9 0 5 Unknown . 19 22 41 L9*2 21*6 20 4 + These are the entire number of instances in which the several causes (either alone or in combination with other causes) were stated to have produced the mental disorder. The aggregate of these totals (including “ Unknown ”), of course, exceeds the whole number of Patients admitted the excess is owing to the combinations.