Report of the directors of the Montrose Royal Lunatic Asylum, infirmary and dispensary, for the year ending 1st June, 1857.

  • Royal Lunatic Asylum, Infirmary, and Dispensary of Montrose.
Date:
1857
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Credit: Report of the directors of the Montrose Royal Lunatic Asylum, infirmary and dispensary, for the year ending 1st June, 1857. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table II.—Shewing the ages of those who have died. Males. Females. G4 years. .. 0 1 63 „ . ... 1 0 60 „ ............... .... 1 2 59 „ ... .... 0 1 57 „ . 1 50 „ .. 0 48 „ ... 0 46 „ . ...... 2 0 37 „ .. .......................... 1 0 34 „ ... ... 0 2 27 „ .. .......................... 1 0 25 „ ... .......................... 1 0 23 „ ... .... 0 1 22 „ . 0 21 „ .- ... 1 0 11 8—19 Table III.— ■Shewing the form of disease a Males.. Females. Acute Mania.......... 1 Chronic Mania. .. 4 3 Melancholia . 1 Imbecility .. .. 3 2 General Paralysis .... .......................... 1 0 Epileptic Mania. 1 11 8—19 Table IV.— -Shewing the cause of death. Males. Females. Consumption .. ........ .... 1 1 Bronchis percussion . .... 2 0 Apoplexy . .. ... 1 1 General Exhaustion . .......................... 1 8 General Paralysis .... ........ ... . 1 0 Diabetis .. ... 1 0 1 0 Dysentry . 2 Epileptic Exhaustion ...................... . 1 1 1 0 Gastric Fever. ..... 1 0 11 8—19 Restraints—During the year no case has been under re- straiht properly so called. In a former report a lightly fitting apparatus was described as applied to a female patient, by means