The forty-third annual report of the visitors of the County Lunatic Asylum, Stafford : for the year ending December 31, 1861.

  • Staffordshire County Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
[1862]
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Credit: The forty-third annual report of the visitors of the County Lunatic Asylum, Stafford : for the year ending December 31, 1861. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS IN LUNACY. -—— Stafford County Asylum, 24th and 25th October, 1861. We have officially visited this Asylum, and personally examined all the patients, who are 510 in number, viz: 272 men, and 238 women. The changes since the last visit have been as follows :— Admitted . 387 Discharged . 254 Removed to Haydock Lodge . 50 Died . 114 We are sorry to hear from Dr. Bower, that many i patients are brought to the Asylum in very bad bodily [health, and that a considerable number have black eyes, bruises, and other marks of injury on their persons. The following appears to be the principal causes of i death:— General Paralysis . 26 Other Diseases of the Brain . 19 Disease of the Lungs. 18 Disease of the Heart ... 9 Disease of the Bowels.. . 10 One patient is reported to have died from injuries inflicted by another patient. At present the majority of B