Reports of the medical officer of the Lunatic Asylum, for the counties of Salop and Montgomery, and for the Borough of Much Wenlock, 1846-1847 / [Salop and Montgomeryshire Counties Lunatic Asylum].

  • Salop and Montgomeryshire Counties Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1847
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Credit: Reports of the medical officer of the Lunatic Asylum, for the counties of Salop and Montgomery, and for the Borough of Much Wenlock, 1846-1847 / [Salop and Montgomeryshire Counties Lunatic Asylum]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF THE LUNATIC ASYLUM FOR THE COUNTIES OF SALOP AND MONTGOMERY, AND FOR THE BOROUGH OF MUCH WENLOCK. At the date of the Medical Officer’s first Annual Report (March 28th, 1846) the number of Patients remaining in the Asylum was 90,—viz. 47 Males and 43 Females. Since that period 65,—viz. 29 Males and 36 Females, have been admitted ; 21,—viz. 7 Males and 14 Females have been discharged Recovered; 5,—viz. 1 Male and 4 Females have been removed unimproved ; 14,——viz. 10 Males and 4 Females have died ; and 113,—viz. 57 Males and 56 Females remain. The average number resident during the year has been 100J; so that the numbers specified in the respective columns of the first Tabular Statement appended to this Report, nearly coincide with the actual per centages of Recoveries and Deaths; the proportions here given, as compared with those of last year being nearly doubled in both instances.