Twenty-fifth annual report of the trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital, at Worcester. December, 1857.

  • State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester.
Date:
1858
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Credit: Twenty-fifth annual report of the trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital, at Worcester. December, 1857. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Three patients died during the year who were more than eighty years of age. Nine of those who died were between the ages of seventy and eighty years and three were sixty-nine years of age. One patient died within six hours after his admission. One in three days after admission. One in eleven days after admis- sion. One in thirteen days after admission, and one in seven¬ teen days after admission. Nineteen of the deaths mentioned in the table occurred to patients admitted during the year. TABLE 4, Showing the Ages of Patients admitted during the year. Less than 15 years of age, Between 15 and 20, 20 and 30, 30 and 40, 40 and 50, 50 and 60, 60 and 70, 70 and 80, More than 80 years of age, 2 16 77 78 61 22 7 4 5 Total, 271 TABLE 5, Showing the Ages of Patients remaining in the Hospital November 80, 1857. Less than 15 years of age, ....... 2 Between 15 and 20, ........ 5 20 and 30, ........ 71 30 and 40,.119 40 and 50,.97 50 and 60,.48 60 and 70,.17 70 and 80,.6 More than 80 years of age, ....... 7 Total,.372