Report of the Committee of Visitors, and eighteenth annual report of the medical superintendent, of the asylum for the insane poor of the County of Wilts / Wiltshire County Lunatic Asylum.

  • Wiltshire County Asylum
Date:
1869
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Credit: Report of the Committee of Visitors, and eighteenth annual report of the medical superintendent, of the asylum for the insane poor of the County of Wilts / Wiltshire County Lunatic Asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (3°) Table 18.—Shewing the Causes oe Death during the year. Causes oe Death.* Male. Female. Total. Cerebral or Spinal Disease. Apoplexy . 2 1 3 Paralysis . 2 4 6 Epilepsy . • ] 1 General Paresis . 4 2 6 Maniacal and Melancholic Exhaustion or Decay. . • 1 1 Disease of the Brain, Softening, &c. 3 2 5 Thoracic Disease. Inflammation of the Lungs and Pleura; .... 2 4 6 ( Bronchitis . • 1 1 i Pulmonary Consumption . • 4 4 1 Disease of the Heart (Pericarditis). • 1 1 £ Disease of the Heart and Lung8 ...... * 2 2 i Abdominal Disease. Inflammation and Ulceration of the Stomach, Intestines, or Peritoneum (Gall Bladder with Calculi) . 1 • i i Dysentery and Diarrhoea . • • • | Disease of Liver and Dropsy. 1 • i j General Disease. Fever ....... • • Erysipelas . • • • Gangrene .. • 1 1 j General Debility and Old Age. 2 3 5 Local Disease. Disease of Knee Joint . • 1 1 Accidents. Dislocation of Shoulder Joint. 1 • 1 Total . . 18 28 46 1 * Ascertained by post mortem examination. Table 19.—Summary deduced from Tables III and IV. Summary oe the total admissions —1851—1868. Male. Female. Total Percentage of Cases Recovered ....... 83.6 43.5 38.* „ Relieved ....... 6.1 3.6 4.1 „ Not improved . .. 2.5 0.7 l.(| „ Dead . 38.3 29.0 33.:: „ Remaining. 19.5 23.2 21,1 Total . . 100. 100. 10(1 J 15.0
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