Annual report of the General Board of Commissioners in Lunacy for Scotland : 42nd 1900

  • Great Britain. General Board of Commissioners in Lunacy for Scotland.
Date:
1900
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Credit: Annual report of the General Board of Commissioners in Lunacy for Scotland : 42nd 1900. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    rd ]xil Forty-second Report of the General Board of The Statistics XV. THE STATISTICS OF LUNACY FROM 1858 TO 1900. of Lunacy peeks QUINQUENNIAL RETROSPECT. Quinquennial General Results. Retrospect. In Table I. of Appendix A we give the number of private and pauper lunatics of whom we had official cognisance, exclusive of the inmates of the Lunatic Department of H.M. General Prison, and of Training Schools for Imbecile Children, at 1st January 1858, the average number in each quinquenniad from 1861 to 1875, and the number at 1st January of each subsequent year up to the present time, distinguishing the numbers of each category accom- modated in establishments and in private dwellings, and also dis- tinguishing between the sexes. ‘ Increase of Nae ce rable II. of Appendix A shows that from Ist January 1858, 1858. when we entered on our functions, to 1st January 1900, the total number of lunatics officially known to the Board, including the inmates of the Lunatic Department of H.M. General Prison, and also the inmates of Training Schools for Imbecile Children, has increased from 5824 to 15,663, showing an increase of 9839, which was distributed as follows :— Increase since 1. Private Patients :— a. Resident in Establishments, 1058 b. Resident in Private Dwellings, 105 2. Pauper Patients :— a. Resident in Establishments, 7378 b. Resident in Private Dwellings, 919 Total, ; 9460 a Increase of number in Training Schools, and the Lunatic Department of the General Prison, . ; : . ; 379 Total Increase, ; : : : ; 98389 Changes in Mode of Distribution. Table II. further shows the mode in which lunatics of all classes were provided for on the 1st of January 1858, and the mode in which they have been provided for since that time. The follow- ing statement shows the numbers provided for in the various ways at the beginning and at the end of the whole period :— At 1st | Increase | Decrease t since since I 1858. 1858). }, 1858;) Jone In Royal and District Asylums, . | 2380 8316 5 », Private Asylums, . . ‘ 745 §f3 624 », Parochial Asylums and Lunatic Wards of Poorhouses, . : 840 744 ,, Private Dwellings, . ; : 1804 1024 », The Lunatic Department of H.M. General Prison, . ‘ 26 26 Training Schools, . : : 29 353 Total Increase or Decrease, 5824 10,463 624 9839