Thirty-eighth annual report of the resident physician of the Belfast District Hospital for the Insane of the counties of Antrim and Down, and the county of the town of Carrickfergus : from 1st April, 1867, to 31st March, 1868.

  • Belfast District Hospital for the Insane.
Date:
1868
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Credit: Thirty-eighth annual report of the resident physician of the Belfast District Hospital for the Insane of the counties of Antrim and Down, and the county of the town of Carrickfergus : from 1st April, 1867, to 31st March, 1868. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table II—Ages of the 134 Patients admitted during tbe year ending 31st March, 1868. Males. Females Total. Under 20 years .. 7 3 10 20 to 30 years 22 25 47 30 to 40 “ 16 15 31 40 to 50 “ 8 11 19 50 to 60 “ 9 8 17 60 to 70 “ 3 7 10 Totals, 65 69 134 Table III.—Alleged Causes of Insanity in tbe 134 Cases admitted during tbe year ended 31st March, 1868. Males. Females Total. MORAL CAUSES. Disappointed Love, 0 3 3 Domestic Quarrels, 1 5 6 Fright, 3 9 12 Grief, Disappointment, and Anxiety, 8 18 26 Jealousy, 0 1 1 Beligious Excitement, 7 6 13 Total Moral Causes 19 42 61 PHYSICAL CAUSES. Bodily Ailments. 22 7 29 Fever, 0 1 1 Intemperance, .. 9 1 10 Over-study, 1 0 1 Puerperal Condition, 0 6 6 Total Physical Causes, 32 15 47 Hereditary, 3 4 7 Unascertained, .. 11 8 19 Total Moral and Physical, &c., .. 65 69 134 Table IV.—Forms of Disease in tbe 134 Patients admitted during tbe year ended 31st March, 1868. Males Females Total Dementia, 2 1 3 Mania, 51 54 105 Melancholia, 6 7 13 Monomania, 6 7 13