Report of the medical superintendent with the accounts of the treasurer of the Norfolk Lunatic Asylum, for the year 1873.

  • Norfolk Lunatic Asylum (Norfolk, England)
Date:
[1874?]
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Credit: Report of the medical superintendent with the accounts of the treasurer of the Norfolk Lunatic Asylum, for the year 1873. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE IX. Showing the probable causes, Apparent or Assigned of the Disorders in the Admissions, Discharges and Deaths during the year. 1 ! The Discharges. Removed, • The Admissions Recovered. Relieved, or The Deaths. CAUSES. otherwise. © r—H O CD f—H 9 ! en © r—1 r—H 9 6 r—< r—H Male. © eh o3 O EH S c3 a © ph c3 O EH i—H 03 a © £ ■f c3 o EH Male a © Eh c3 O EH MORAL, > 8 Religious excitement • it 3 2 5 3 i 4 • 9 9 9 9 9 3 9 9 9 9 9 9 I Domestic troubles 1 9 10 1 3 4 9 9 9 9 9 9 ] 1 1 Death, of Husband 3 3 1 1 • 9 9 • • 9 o 9 9 9 • 9 9 „ Wife • • • 2 • • • 2 1 • • • 1 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 *• • • 9 9 ■ ■ 9 « • ,, Mother, Father 1 1 1 1 2 • 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 „ Son • • 1 1 • r • 9 9* « 9 • 9 9 9 9 9 9 • • I 9 9 9 9 9 9 Poverty 2 6 8 2 4 6 1 • 9 1 ® 9 • 9 9 9 * * * W Pecuniary Loss 1 • 9 • 1 9 9 9 9 9 9 • 9 9 • 9 • » 14 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 • 9 9 n Embarrassed circumstances 3 • I • 3 • 9 • « 9 « • 9 • 9 9 9 1 9 9 9 1 1 Overwork and Anxiety • • • 2 1 3 2 • 9 9 2 • 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 2 • • • 2 Disappointed affections • • • • • « • • • • • • 9 9 9 ... 2 2 9 9 9 9 9 9 • 9 Labourers Union Agitation 1 • • • 1 1 9 9 9 1 • 9 I • 9 9 9 9 9 9*9 9 9 9 I Dissolute habits 1 1 1 2 \ 3 9 9 9 • • 9 2 2 1 Remorse • •« 2 • • • 2 • 9 9 9 9 9 » • 9 • 9 9 9 • 9 • 9 • 9 9 9 * 9 . PHYSICIAL. | Disease of the Brain 4 5 9 1 9 9 9 1 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 6 7 13 Epilepsy • • • 2 3 5 9 9 9 1 1 1 1 2 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 * Puerperal • • • • • 5 5 9 9 9 3 3 9 9 9 2 2 1 1 2 3 | Intemperance ... • • • 4 1 5 3 9 9 9 3 1 1 5 9 9 9 5 1 Impaired health 3 8 11 2 6 8 9-9 1 1 • 9 • 2 2 | Climacteric • • • • • • 4 4 9 9 9 2 2 9 9 9 1 1 • « 3 3 Senile decay #• • 2 4 6 9 9 9 J 1 99 9 • 99 3 3 6 Amenorrhoea ... • • • 11 4 4 • 9 • 1 1 9 9 9 1 1 9 9 9 - Injury to head ... • • • 1 • • • 1 1 9 9 9 1 9 9 9 9 9 9 ... 9 9 9 ... 9 # * Hereditary • • • 6 12 18 2 4 6 • • • 1 1 • 9 9 ... J • 9 9 Congenital • • • 2 1 3 • t • 1 1 2 4 6 2 9 9 9 2 Sun Stroke • • > 1 9 9 9 1 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 . • 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 • 9 Unknown • • « 11 15 26 7 13 20 * 9 9 5 5 2 6 8 • • #