Twenty-first annual report of the directors of the Dundee Royal Asylum for Lunatics : submitted in terms of their charter to a general meeting of directors, July 5, 1841.

  • Dundee Royal Asylum for Lunatics
Date:
1841
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Credit: Twenty-first annual report of the directors of the Dundee Royal Asylum for Lunatics : submitted in terms of their charter to a general meeting of directors, July 5, 1841. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE OF THE DEATHS FOR THE PAST YEAR. Males. Females. Total. Of Apoplexy, or of its consequences. 4 2 6 ,, Exhaustion, - 0 1 1 „ Epilepsy, 1 0 1 Total, - 5 3 8 AGES OF THE DECEASED. From 20 to 30 years of age, Males. 1 Females. 0 Total. 1 „ 30 to 40 0 1 1 „ 40 to 50 2 1 3 ,, 50 to 60 1 0 1 „ 60 to 70 y> 1 0 1 ,, 70 to 80 0 1 1 Total, - „ 5 3 8 NUMBER OF EPILEPTICS AMONG THE LUNATICS AT PRESENT IN THE ASYLUM. In Asylum, 172 Lunatics. Mania. Monomania. Dementia. Idiotism. Total. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. Epileptic. 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 4 2 TABLE OF ADMISSIONS RELATIVE TO PROFESSION, OCCUPATION, OR CONDITION. Males. No. Artisans and Tradesmen, 21 Carters, 1 Farmers, - - - 3 Merchants, 1 Sailors, - - - 2 Clerks, 1 Schoolmasters, - - 1 Fishermen, 1 Of no occupation, - 2 Females. No. Housekeepers, ' - 3 Ladies, - - - 2 Poor women, 5 Servants, - - - 3 Wives or Daughters of Merchants, Shopkeepers, and Shipmasters, - 2 Ditto of Farmers, - 2 Ditto of Artisans, - 5 Ditto of Quarriers, - 1 Sempstresses, - - ] Of no occupation, . 1