Twenty-fifth annual report, 1889 / Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Lunatic Asylum.

  • Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1890
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Credit: Twenty-fifth annual report, 1889 / Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Lunatic Asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CITY OF NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE BOROUGH LUNATIC ASYLUM. REPORT, 1889. 22nd January, 1890. The Committee of Visitors of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Lunatic Asylum have, in pursuance of the provisions of the “ Lunatic Asylums Act, 1853,” to make the Twenty-fifth Annual Report (and the First Annual Report under the “ Local Government Act, 1888 ”) to the City Council of the condition and manage¬ ment of the Institution. On the 31st day of December, 1888, the number of patients on the books was 331 (viz., 153 males and 178 females). The admissions during 1889 were 104 (viz., 44 males and 60 females). The admissions were chargeable in the following manner - MALE. FEMALE. TOTAL, As Private Patients. . 3 .. 2 .... .. 5 To the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Union. . 41 ., ... 58 .... .. 99 To the Commissioners of Prisons . . 0 .. 0 .... ... 0 As “ Out County Cases ”. . 0 .. 0 ... 0 44 60 104 The discharges wmre 45 (viz., 17 males and 28 females), and the deaths were 38 (viz., 23 males and 15 females). The average number daily resident was 342 (viz., 155 males and 187 females). The number of discharged recovered was 29, or at the rate of 27-88 per cent, of the admissions.