Annual medical report of the Kent Lunatic Asylum, at Barming Heath, Maidstone, for the year 1854-5, ending July 5th : presented to the Committee of Visitors, September 8th, 1855 and to the Court of General Sessions, October 1855.

  • Kent County Lunatic Asylum
Date:
1855
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Credit: Annual medical report of the Kent Lunatic Asylum, at Barming Heath, Maidstone, for the year 1854-5, ending July 5th : presented to the Committee of Visitors, September 8th, 1855 and to the Court of General Sessions, October 1855. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ♦' •*'— -j Table X. continued. Exciting Causes only, ascertained. Predisposing Causes only, ascertained. 1 (B.) (C.) M. F. T. M. F. T. Loss of property, business .. 0 2 2 One relative insane. 4 2 6 Parturition, lactation. 0 3 3 Ditto, and injury to head .... 1 0 1 Domestic differences. 0 1 1 Ditto, and one former attach: 2 6 8 Fright, anxiety . 4 1 5 Fever ... 1 0 1 Pecuniary liability. 1 0 1 More than one relative in- Lengthened imprisonment... I 0 1 sane. 1 0 1 Loss of employment. 2 0 2 Ditto, and previous eccen- Ill treatment from parents— tricity, or, imbecility .... 1 2 3 0 2 2 Ditto, and one former attack 1 •1 2 ^upGT&nnu&tron 111 ((,1 ti « 11»t 1 0 1 One former attack. 3 4 7 Pveduction of circumstances 1 5 6 Parents of weak mind, and Intemperance. 5 1 6 guilty of incest. 0 1 1 Epilepsy . 4 2 6 More than one former attack 4 7 11 Injuries to head—fall. 3 0 3 Ditto, and one relative in- Uterine disease . 0 1 1 sane. 2 3 5 Cerebal disease—fits. 4 2 6 Injury from falling. 1 0 1 Fever—smallpox . 2 1 3 Former intemperance,.... 2 0 2 Decline of life . 0 1 1 Previous mental weakness... 0 2 2 Illness, weakness, diarrhoea . 2 2 4 Husband’s illness, or death.. 0 2 2 Wife’s drunkenness .. 1 0 1 Total . 31 26 57 Total.. 23 28 51 Table X. continued. Summary of ascertained Causes of all Kinds. M. F. T. Exciting and predisposing combined [A.] . 27 30 57 Exciting causes only, ascertained [B.] ... 31 26 57 Predisposing causes only, ascertained [C.] ... 23 28 51 Total ascertained causes. 81 84 165 No cause whatever assigned in . 16 8 24 Total admissions.... 97 92 189