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

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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$RETURN OF ACCIDENTS AND OCCURRENCES FOR THE YEAR. f No. Date. 1 J uly 8 Summer entertainment to patients, in the meadow. 2 „ 20 J. G., walked off the premises whilst at work; soon retaken. 3 Aug. 12 M. II., female, died of cholera. 4 „ 15 M. C., female, ditto. 5 „ 25 E. B., female, got a hone of one little finger broken, in a struggle j with another patient. 6 Sep. 3 AY. L., male, escaped on returning from chapel; retaken. 7 , 24 AY. C., male, an Idiot child, died after admission on'the previous day. 8 „ 27 M. Me C., female, escaped whilst out walking for pleasure. Shell was retaken next day. 9 Oc|. 4 C. M., female, fell accidentally and fractured a thigh-bone. 10 Nov.27 E. G, female, escaped. She was quickly brought back. 11 Dec. 2 F. C., female, bedridden and crippled from rheumatism, was found] to have a broken arm. 12 >, 3 I. B,., male, partial dislocation of humerus, occasioned in a struggle | with another patient. The same limb had suffered previousJ <3 dislocations, on slight exertion. | 13 Jan. 7 I. B., male, accidentally slipped off a seat and broke his thigh. | 14 „ 7 A. S., male, escaped by getting over a wall; quickly retaken. 15 „ 14 W. E., male, escaped on leaving chapel; immediately retaken. 16 „ 19 AYinter entertainment to the patients. i 17 „ 24 M. J., female, confined of a boy. j 18 » 27 a A. M., female, escaped from the scullery ; retaken in a few hours, j 19 Feb. 6 It. N., male, dislocated humerus by falling in a fit. 20 ,, 7 E. B., female, prematurely delivered of a child still-born. 21 » 22 B. D., male, (criminal) escaped from tailor’s shop; retaken the] same evening. 22 i> 25 II. P., male, escaped on going to chapel; immediately retaken. 23 Mar.21 AY. Y., male attendant, suffered a succession of severe epileptic fits. 24 Apr. 10 A. S., female, died suddenly from disease of the heart. 25 » 16 J. A., male, an epileptic lad, found dead in bed. Inquest. 26 » 29 J. B., male, castrated himself. 27 May 17 G. PI., male, an epileptic, found dead in bed. Inquest. June 9 J. S., male, escaped over airing-ground-wall; immediately brought 1 28 back. 29 „ 10 G. J., male, escaped on returning from chapel; immediately] brought back.$