The thirty-eighth annual report of the visitors of the Staffordshire County Lunatic Asylum : for the year ending December 31, 1856.

  • Staffordshire County Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
[1857]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The thirty-eighth annual report of the visitors of the Staffordshire County Lunatic Asylum : for the year ending December 31, 1856. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VII. AGE OF PATIENTS ON ADMISSION. Males. Females Total. From 5 to 15 years . • • • 2 2 „ 15 to 25 years . 13 10 23 ,, 25 to 35 years . 15 27 42 „ 35 to 50 years . 33 20 53 „ 50 to 60 years . 15 17 32 „ 60 to 70 years . 2 3 5 „ 70 to 80 years . 3 • • • 3 ,, 80 to 90 years . 1 • • • 1 Not ascertained . 11 • • • 11 93 79 172 VIII. CAUSE OF DISORDER. Males. Females Total. Anxietv . 6 9 15 Grief. • • • 6 6 Congenital Defect . 3 • • • 3 Consequent on his Occupation. 1 • • • 1 Intemperance . 22 5 27 Poverty and Privation . 14 7 21 Religious Excitement. 3 4 7 Uterine and Puerperal Disorder ... • • • 14 14 Disease of Brain. 6 1 7 Disease of Brain associated with Epilepsy. 7 8 15 Ditto ditto with Paralysis. 1 • • • 1 Ill Treatment .. 1 • • • 1 Fever. 1 1 Injury to Head... 4 • • • 4 Physical Defect, Non-Congenital... 2 1 3 Old Age. 1 1 Bodily Disease. 3 • • • 3 Hereditary Predisposition. 9 11 20 Fright . • • • 1 1 Passion. 1 1 Family Quarrels . 2 2 Jealousy or Disappointed Affection. 2 1 3 General Weakness of Intellect. • • • 1 1 No cause assigned . 6 8 14 93 79 172