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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    FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF THE SALOP LUNATIC ASYLUM. In the course of the Twelve Months which have elapsed since the 28th of'March, 1845, when the Asylum was opened for the reception of Patients, there have been admitted 57 Men and 47 Women, making together a total of 104. Of this number 4 Males and 3 Females have been discharged Recovered; 1 Male and 1 Female have been removed unim¬ proved ; and 5 Males have died; so that the number of Patients at present upon the Register is 90: viz. 47 Males and 43 Females. All the general facts and circumstances which have been ascertained with respect to their numbers, ages, conditions, and occupations; together with the relative proportion of the different forms of the malady; its causes, duration, and the frequency of its attacks, as well as the amount of Education possessed by the various individuals, and the causes of death in those cases which have terminated fatally, are represented in Tabular Forms which are appended to this Report.