Thirty-eighth annual report by the directors of James Murray's Royal Asylum for Lunatics, near Perth. June, 1865.

  • James Murray's Royal Asylum for Lunatics
Date:
1865
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Credit: Thirty-eighth annual report by the directors of James Murray's Royal Asylum for Lunatics, near Perth. June, 1865. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    families of a class little removed from the grade of Paupers : and it is only adopted when every other resource fails. There are on the other hand, unfortunately, cases where persons quite able pecuniarily, are not willing to support Insane relatives as befits their former position in life or their requirements : but prefer consigning them entirely to the charge of Parochial Authorities, and Institutions supported by County or Public Eates. The next Table exhibits the Per Centage of Deaths, in relation :\ioitaIity. to the Total I^umber of Eesidents, from 1855 to the present date :— i Per Cent. i Year ending June, 1855 . 7-24 ■ „ » - 6 . 4-07 ^ — 7 . 3-62 )> 55 - 8 . 6-42 55 55 -9 . 4*33 55 55 —60 . 3-87 55 55 1 3-74 1 _ 9 19? 99 1-68 55 55 ^ 6*66 1 55 55 5-24 1 Average of 10 years 4-68 Year ending June, 1865 . 3 09 ! The Mortality during the byegone year is therefore below the average of the preceding 10 years, though it exceeds that of 1862. Its unusual lowness might be accounted for by the probability that prior to admission Private Patients are taken better care of than Paupers, and that they are not so likely to be consigned to our charge in the same frequently hopeless condition of physical and general health. Of the three deaths of this year, however,—one, a lady, aged 51—died of congestive apoplexy, after a 2-months’ residence : if she was not moribund on admission, she was in a condition of almost helpless and hopeless general debility and emaciation. The second, a gentleman aged 43, died of the sequelae or concomitants of General Paresis, after an 8-months’ residence. Such had been his condition of debility shortly before admission that his death was looked for : and, tliough he rallied wonderfully with us, it was only for the time. The third was the aged Patient alluded to on Page 9,
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