The report of the committee of visitors, superintendent and chaplain of the Cheshire Lunatic Asylum : made to the court of general quarter sessions of the peace, holden at Nether Knutsford, in and for the county of Chester, on Monday, April 8th, 1867.

Cheshire County Lunatic Asylum

Date:: 1867

Credit: The report of the committee of visitors, superintendent and chaplain of the Cheshire Lunatic Asylum : made to the court of general quarter sessions of the peace, holden at Nether Knutsford, in and for the county of Chester, on Monday, April 8th, 1867. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$TABLE IX. Form of Mental Disorder.—Admissions. TOTAL. COMPLICATIONS. With Epilepsy. With General Paralysis. With Suicidal Propensities. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. \T anla .. 44 9 6 1 7 43 18 4 4 4 9 1 8 7 9 8 ATpIanrhnlia . Tlpmpnt.ia . 3 1 ( Tflinr.v . • • • Amentia < . . f 1 amenihty 4 1 1 1 • • • • • • 1 Not, Insane . 1 • • • 67 70 5 13 2 15 18 TABLE. X. Supposed Cause.—Admissions. MORAL. M. F. TOTAL. Anxiety . 1 • • • 1 Disappointment about a Farm. • • * 1 1 Domestic affliction . • • « 1 1 Family quarrels. • * » 1 ] Oripf .. 1 1 ,, at absence of son (a soldier) . • • 1 1 „ death of a female under her care. • • • 1 1 „ death of relatives .. • • 2 2 ,, enlistment of son. • • • 1 1 ., Losses by Cattle Plague . • • • 2 2 Religious excitement . 1 • • • 1 „ melancholy .... • • • 1 1 PHYSICAL. Accident... 1 • • • 1 Blow on the head . 1 • • • 1 Confinement . • • • 2 2 Cholera . • • • 1 1 Epilepsy. • • • 3 o O Fever—Epilepsy . 1 1 Hereditary... 2 *1 3 M. F. TOTAL. 12 14$