Report on insanity and idiocy in Massachusetts / by the Commission on Lunacy, under resolve of the Legislature of 1854.

  • Massachusetts. Commission on Lunacy.
Date:
1855
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Report on insanity and idiocy in Massachusetts / by the Commission on Lunacy, under resolve of the Legislature of 1854. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    \ NANTUCKET COUNTY. p o Q. O Pecuniary Condition. Nativity. Prospect. Where. TOWNS. c c QJ a, V -a a 5 a s -4 c 3 o fa i- o 3 V 3 o a M T3 O a o 3 a o a 3 o H Nantucket, . 8,238 3 9 10 2 1 10 1 3 9 12 DUKES COUNTY. Chilmark, 766 1 - 1 - - 1 - 1 - 1 Edgartown, . 2,109 3 8 11 - 3 8 - 8 3 11 Tisbury, 1,930 4 3 6 ] 2 5 - 6 1 7 Totals, - 8 11 18 1 5 14 - 15 4 19 This table shows the number and distribution of the insane in the towns of Massachusetts, and that some are to be found almost everywhere, as only nineteen small towns are exempt from them. This table does not include many in Receptacles, Prisons, &c, who are referred to, and belong to no town. The condition and prospect of the lunatics may be found from the following table.