Eighth annual report, &c., of the Belfast District Asylum for the lunatic poor of the counties of Antrim, Down, and County of the town of Carrickfergus, being from 1st April, 1837, till 31st March, 1838 / submitted to the Board of Governors by the manager.

  • Belfast District Lunatic Asylum
Date:
1838
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Credit: Eighth annual report, &c., of the Belfast District Asylum for the lunatic poor of the counties of Antrim, Down, and County of the town of Carrickfergus, being from 1st April, 1837, till 31st March, 1838 / submitted to the Board of Governors by the manager. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE EIGHTH REPORT, &c.. OF THE MANAGER OF THE Belfast JDistrtrt Uunatic A&ijlum. The Annual Managerial Statement of Cases, with the usual Returns of the Belfast District Lunatic Asylum, are now, for the eighth time, brought under the notice of the Board of Governors; also, the accompanying Report, in reference to the affairs, generally, of the Institution, for the year ending 31st March, 1838. Relative to the total number of new cases received during the year, it will be observed, that they amount to eighty-six. Sixty of these were admitted in the ordinary way, and twenty-six as urgent cases ; being so recommended by three Governors. Of these, 34 were discharged, recovered; relieved, 8 ; died, 7; still under treatment, 37 ; total, 86. * Throughout the year, 6 were re-admitted, upon relapse occurring, at longer or shorter intervals, after being discharged, as convales¬ cent. It may be recollected, that the Goyernors’ special attention was di¬ rected, in last year’s Managerial Re] ort, to the circumstance of many improper cases being duly certified, as fitting inmates, and, upon the faith thereof, admitted. The following rule was, soon afterwards, adopted by the Board, with a view to check the irregularity com¬ plained of, and ordered to be printed, with the other directions, on the face of each form of Certificates, for admission: a rule which Medical Practitioners, doubtless, will not fail in rigidly acting upon ; thereby saving much unnecessary trouble to the friends of inadmissi¬ ble patients, as well as a very annoying inconvenience to the Asylum:— “ As many unfit cases have, from time to time, been sent to the Asylum, particularly of persons far advanced in life, whose mental