Annual report of the General Board of Commissioners in Lunacy for Scotland : 16th 1874

  • Great Britain. General Board of Commissioners in Lunacy for Scotland.
Date:
1874
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Credit: Annual report of the General Board of Commissioners in Lunacy for Scotland : 16th 1874. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Statistics Jn the manner of distribution the following changes occurred in of Insanity. 1872 :— . Number In Royal and District Asylums there was an increase of 19 ‘Aer Distri- private and 67 pauper patients. ; ee edn Private Asylums there was a decrease of 4 private and 12 pauper patients. In Parochial Asylums there was an increase of 109 pauper patients. | In Lunatic Wards of Poorhouses there was a decrease of 59 pauper patients. : In the Lunatic Department of the Central Prison at Perth there was an increase of 6 male and a decrease of 3 female patients. In Training Schools for Imbeciles there was an increase of 1 private and a decrease of 1 pauper patient. In Private Dwellings there was an increase of 14 private and a decrease of 4 pauper patients. Table ITI. shows the distribution of the insane at Ist January 1858, when we entered on our functions, and at Ist January of each of the ten years 1864-1873, excluding the inmates of idiot- schools, who are not certified as lunatics :— TaBLeE II. 1858. | 1864.) 1865.) 1866.) 1867.| 1868_| 1869.} 1870.| 1871.| 1872.| 1873. In Royal and District 238012919|3125 3207/3519/3874/4041 446114524/457914665 Asylums, . ‘ , Private Asylums, . | 745] 872/ 788] 812/ 672| 501] 557| 303| 338] 358! 349 ,, Parochial Asylums and Lunatic Wards of 839} 910) 925)1008) 998)1007/1024)1127/1174)1176/1226 Poorhouses, . . », Lunatic Department o 26| 32] 36 46 45] 45) 50, 49) 51] 51! 54 Central Prison, ;, Private Dwellings,* . |1804/1658)1630|1589/1573/1549|1535|/1518)1519|1554|1564 Since the Ist of January 1858 the number of lunatics officially known to the Board has increased from 5794 to 7851. In the manner of distribution the following changes have taken place :— Increase, Decrease. In Royal and District Asylums, . A 2285 vee ,», Private Asylums, . ‘ ° bie 403 » Parochial Asylums, and Lunatic Wards of Poorhouses, . ° . : 387 avs », Lunatic Department of Central Prison, . 28 eee ;, Private Dwellings, ’ ‘ , fee 240 2700 643 ar a * Under official cognizance.