Report of the Committee of Visitors and of the medical superintendent of the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum, for the year 1871.

  • West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Date:
1872
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Credit: Report of the Committee of Visitors and of the medical superintendent of the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum, for the year 1871. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE X, SHOWING- THE CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE PATIENTS WHO HAVE DIED DURING THE YEAR 1871. Cerebro-Spinal Diseases. M. F. TOTAL. Apoplexy, Sanguineous. 1 1 2 ‘ 2 Serous . 2 Chorea. 1 1 Chronic Disorganisation of the Brain. 9 8 17 4 Epilepsy . 4 Exhaustion after Acute Dementia . 1 1 Alania . o 1 3 ^ Melancholia . 2 2 General Paralysis . 23 ! 2 25 Syphilitic Disease of the Brain. 1 2 3 Thoracic Diseases. Acute Pneumonic Phthisis . 2 2 4 Bronchitis ... 3 7 10 Emnhysema. 4 4 Gangrene of the Lungs... 2 0 Hydrothorax . 1 1 2 Pleuro-pneumonia .. 1 1 Pneumonia . 3 5 8 Pericarditis. 1 1 Other Diseases of the Heart. 6 4 10 1 Abdominal Diseases. Abscess of the Gall-bladder. 1 Bright’s Disease. 1 2 3 Cancer of the Bladder ... 1 1 Cancer of the Pancreas . 1 1 Cirrhosis of the Liyer . 1 ] Pia,uhra,.ama.tio Herni?). . 1 1 2 Diarrhoea. 2 Dysentery . 4 4 2 •) Enteritis . 2 Peritonitis . 1 2 1 Pelvic Cellulitis . 1 2 Ulceration of the Intestines. 1 1 General Diseases. Ervsvnelas . 3 3 2 4 General Tuberculosis. 2 Mollities Ossium . 4 Phthisis Pulmonalis . 8 15 5 23 Senile Decay . 3 8 Special Causes of Death. Abscess of the Arm and Hand . 1 1 1 Accidental Choking- . 1 Cancer of the Brensf, . 1 1 ! 1 Necrosis of the Metatarsal Bones. 1 Suffocation in Epileptic Fits . 4 4 Total. 89 83 172 Post Mortem Examinations were made in 166 of these cases.