Seventeenth annual report, 1863 : presented to the Committee of Visitors, 22nd January, 1864 and to the Court of General Sessions, April, 1864 / Kent County Lunatic Asylum, Barming Heath, Maidstone.

  • Kent County Lunatic Asylum
Date:
1864
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Credit: Seventeenth annual report, 1863 : presented to the Committee of Visitors, 22nd January, 1864 and to the Court of General Sessions, April, 1864 / Kent County Lunatic Asylum, Barming Heath, Maidstone. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE No. 5. Ascertained and supposed causes of Insanity in tlie 225 Patients admitted in the year 1863. Males. Females. Total. Intemperance.. 23 8 31 Epilepsy • •• ••• 9 10 19 Hereditary Predisposition, (sole cause) 11 10 21 Domestic Affliction ... 7 12 19 ••• ••• • • • • • • ••• 4 3 7 Puerperal state . — 7 7 Disappointed affections 1 4 5 Reduced circumstances ... . 6 5 11 F ever ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 3 1 4 Natural decay . . 1 3 4 Religious fanaticism. 3 3 6 Remorse ••• • •• ••• ••• — 2 2 Coup de soleil. 1 — 1 Hyperlactation . — 1 1 Bodily disease ... 3 3 6 Jealousy ••• ••• ••• 1 2 3 Shipwreck . 1 — 1 Physical debility ... . 2 3 5 Unknown ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 33 39 72 Total ••• ••• 109 116 22 5 Hereditary predisposition to Insanity traced in 21 men and 20 women.
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