Sixty-second annual report of the County & City of Worcester Lunatic Asylum, Powick, for the 1914-15, and financial statements.

  • County and City of Worcester Lunatic Asylum (Powick)
Date:
1915
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Credit: Sixty-second annual report of the County & City of Worcester Lunatic Asylum, Powick, for the 1914-15, and financial statements. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Showing all the Causes of Death that entered into the Deaths during the year 1914, arranged as Principal, Contributory, and the Totals of these ; also the number of occasions each principal Cause of Death was verified by Post-mortem Examination. (Voluntary Boarders excluded). Instances Instances when No. when Names of Causes of Death. returned Veri- returned Total as fied as Contri- Incidence. Principal. P.M. BUTORY. General Diseases. M. F. T. M. F. T. M. F. T. Tuberculosis of Dung (Phthisis not acute) 6 6 12 12 • • • • • • • • • 6 6 12 Dysentery (Colitis) . . . . . . • . • • . . 1 • • . 1 1 • . . 1 Tuberculosis of Larynx ... 1 • • . 1 • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 ... 1 Cancer of Stomach, Liver, etc. ... • • • 2 2 2 1 • • • 1 1 2 3 Cancer of other Organs ... 1 1 2 2 ... ... ... 1 1 2 Diseases of Nervous System and of Organs of Special Sense. Cerebral Haemorrhage 1 . • • 1 1 • • • • • • • • • 1 • • • 1 General Paralysis of Insane 5 • • • 5 3 • • • • • • • • • 5 • • • 5 Exhaustion from Mania ... • • • 2 2 1 • • • 1 1 ... 3 3 Exhaustion from Melancholia • • • • • • ... 1 ... 1 1 ... 1 Epilepsy 2 3 5 5 1 1 2 0 O 4 7 Meningeal Haemorrhage ... . . . • • • • • • . . • • • • 1 1 • • • 1 1 Cerebellar Haemorrhage ... • • • 1 1 1 • • • • • • • . . • • • 1 1 Diseases of Circulatory System. Valvular Disease of Heart 2 4 6 6 1 5 6 3 9 12 Fatty Degeneration of Heart 3 3 6 6 1 4 5 4 7 11 Aneurysm ... 1 • • • 1 1 • • • ... ... 1 ... 1 1 Diseases of Respiratory System. Bronchitis ... 3 1 4 4 • • • • • • ... 3 1 4 Lobar Pneumonia... 3 7 10 8 1 1 2 4 8 12 Pleurisy 1 1 2 2 • • • . . . • . . 1 1 2 Pulmonary Apoplexy . . . • • • • • • ... • • • 1 1 ... 1 1 I Diseases of Digestive System. Gastric Ulcer 1 • • • 1 1 • • • ... 1 ... 1 Enteritis 1 • • • 1 1 ... ... 1 ... 1 1 Appendicitis • • • 1 1 1 • • • • • • • • • 1 1 l Volvulus 1 . • • 1 1 ... • • • 1 • • . 1 Amyloid Disease of Liver ... • • • ... • • • 1 1 • • • 1 1 r ‘ Diseases of Genito-Urinary tl System. 'll Bright's Disease 2 2 4 4 • • • 2 2 2 4 6 1' Renal Calculus • • • • • • • . . • . • 1 1 . . , 1 1 i. < Cystitis 1 • . . 1 1 » • • • . • • . . 1 ... 1 ] Ovarian Tumour ... ... ... ... ... • • • 1 1 • . . 1 1 dr T Old Age. Senility 2 10 12 10 • • • ... • • ♦ 2 10 12 Total ... 37 44 81 73 4