Annual report of the General Board of Commissioners in Lunacy for Scotland : 7th 1865

  • Great Britain. General Board of Commissioners in Lunacy for Scotland.
Date:
1865
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Credit: Annual report of the General Board of Commissioners in Lunacy for Scotland : 7th 1865. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Districts. XV Seventh Report of the General Board of The following Table shows the number of pauper lunatics chargeable to each district, placed in Establishments, and left in private dwellings, as at Ist January 1858, 1860, 1862, 1864 :— Number of Pauper Lunatics On 1st On Ist On ist On ist UDtrantig(s Speceaiere saacaaaate 130 | 128 | 185.| 143 | 211 | 120°} 203 | 182 Edinburgh, ........0000066. | 925 | 92 | 53: 94 | 544 | 81 | 549 January January January | January : 1858. 1860. 1862. 1864. Names or Districts. See oe suet a ef a 22/3. | ¢8| a,| 38 g2|f£2| 38) 23/22] 83] 33| £3 av Ae nm Ae 3 oe aE 29 aa Bed) eee ee ee 8 a | 4 | i Lae cool 1 Aberdeen, ..sccssveesesseeee | 209 | 109 | 270 | 117 | 308 | 120 | 303 | 104 2 Argyll, scocovcsrercsesconeee | OFe) 1154 988] 1261) SaQa a Zo 2G 115 “iech Tage rere avr Sones 3 | 121 | 133 | 127 | 125 | 118 | 140 | 97 A Banff, ccc iscccswsestesessccece | 20.8 OEM Sta) oem) iene ees Ge laa B Bute, des cicccneve dhe nceworgea |: 10 Since near nae ATR) 204 20 Poe 6 Caithness, ......scceeccece | 1 T) 7Dea e e es 62 7 8 9 Go <o =e Bl gin, ..:iecccssecepeave doesn | OFM Oem) Osorio) saa ae b 10 “Fife, ...cccesccsecueccsscseoe | OOTP MEMO MraUG 0S 1 192) 002 gee ee [11 Forfar,......sccscccpeesssveses| 90 fue) dad | 67) 6525) 64 | SoBe 12 Glasgow,....:sscesseeeseeeeee | OO4 | 109 | 585 |108 | 603 | 103 | 658 | 117 3 Haddington, ........0...| Ol | 382 | 55) 40] 60] 387] 56) 382 14 Inverness, ......scscceeeee. | 184 | 812 | 168 | 296 | 174 | 288 | 181 | 272 15 Kincardine,......csescccsseee | 24 | 929) 52 | B2.| 255] 277) 60 [aaae 16 Orkney, ...s004.2speseeeonwealiieilid itl tnt aad ois) ini oh age | Nee eae 17 Perth, ..:...sccsssegesccassaes | LEO | 159 [203 | 1554 (2200) tad) eo ee 18 Renfrew, ...scsccdesevsscnatee’| 108 | S28 P1757 8b a1 ae ee 19 Roxburgh, ......c..0008. | 76] 98 | 66] 95) 85 | 82) 88] 91 20 Shetland, “seme. ete ae 24 19 26 19 30 20 31 Zi Stirling. nvds. scence eae oes 86./-169 | >. 984 19rd 18042024 8 = Or =) a — {| —_—_—_——_! 3683 |1637 Torars, (2958 [1784 [3379 {1847 |3548 1741 There has thus, in the seven years since 1858, been an increase of 730 in the number of pauper lunatics placed in establishments, and a decrease of 147 in the number.of those left in private dwellings. Of the number of private lunatics belonging to the different counties, we have not the means of forming a correct estimate, but the following Table shows the number of orders granted for such — patients in each year from 1858-64 by the Sheriffs of the various counties :—