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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    Appendix G. REPORT BY Dr. SIBBALD. . General I have to report that during the past year I have visited all the registered luna- ee a tics in private dwellings in the following twenty-two counties, viz. :—Ayr, Banff, Ber- Pat . ; wick, Bute, Caithness, Clackmannan, Dumfries, Elgin, Fife, Haddington, Inver- eae i ness (mainland), Kinross, Kirkcudbright, Nairn, Orkney, Peebles, Renfrew, Rox- Deputy- burgh, Selkirk, Shetland, Sutherland, and Wigtown. Cismnk. The total number visited was 750, of whom 52 were private patients, and 698 gioners. were paupers. Of the latter, 610 were boarded as single patients; 72 were in — special licensed houses ; and 16 were on probation from asylums. Report In all these cases at least one visit was paid; in many cases several visits have by Dr. been paid ; and in a few it has been necessary to undertake somewhat prolonged Sibbald. investigation. The following table presents a detailed view of the numbers resident in the dif- ferent counties, the distribution of the various classes of patients, and the modes of provision for them. PATIENTS VISITED IN THE YEAR 1873. a eR RE TL PAUPER PATIENTS. COUNTIES re = VISITED. Private Patients. ' Patients in REAL Single Patients, |Specil Licensed face ; M.| F. | T. | M.| F. | T. | M.| F eR Gc. 6401 1S fe 1th 28s) 36 | 64-8 a: PB Banff, e ° e e eae eee ooo 14 32 46 1 Berwick, ee e e 2 1 3 5 13 18 ° Bute, ». . -|} 4) 1} 5]138)14/ 27] 1 Caithness,. . «| 1] ..} 121117 /]28/45]...] 2 Clackmannan, .| 2} 2) 4).1/- 8] 9] w. Dumfries,. . .| 2] 3| 5110] 16/26]...| 2 ee ee teil foi PIS TIS | B81 Peace 7 Bilepies s ee) & | 7) 12.430] 25 | 55 | 12 | 32 Haddington, e e 2 g 4 6 11 17 eo ° Inverness, r1}esii9|4a7!...| 2 (Mainland), f} *** 1 Kinross, 7 @ ove eee oe 3 4 7 eee oe Kirkcudbright, 1p 24 3 116 Pp 17 133 : i. ivy ee Orkney, . Peebles, . Renfrew, . . Roxburgh, . Selkirk, .. Shetland,. . Sutherland, . Wigtown, . me | | ee | ee | ee | — 52 |277 |333 |610 | 18 | 54 Totan, «