Report of the Committee of Visitors of the County Lunatic Asylum at Prestwich, to the Adjourned Annual Session held at Preston on Thursday, the 31st day of December 1868.

  • Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum at Prestwich.
Date:
[1869?]
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Credit: Report of the Committee of Visitors of the County Lunatic Asylum at Prestwich, to the Adjourned Annual Session held at Preston on Thursday, the 31st day of December 1868. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    STATISTICAL TABLES. TABLE I. SHEWING the Admissions, Re-Admissions, Discharges, and Deaths, during the year 1868. M. F. TOTAL. In the Asylum, first January, 18(56 • • • • • • 461 521 982 * M. F. T. 1 Admissions for the first time during 1 the year 150 146 296 1 Re-admitted in the year .. 7 5 12 1 Total admitted.. • • • • a • a 157 151 308 Total under care during the year • • * • • a 618 672 1290 Discharged or Removed:— M. F. T. Recovered 48 65 118 1 Relieved 17 15 32 Not Improved .. 19 23 42 Died •• • • •• •• 69 50 119 Total discharged and died during the year .. 153 153 306 1 Remaining in the Asylum, December 31st, 1868 465 519 984 1 Average number resident during the year • • 467 519 986 B Per-centage of cures on admissions during the year.. 30.57 43.04 36.68 j ,, ,, numbers under treatment .. 7.76 9.67 8.75 „ of deaths .« • • • • 11.16 7.44 9.22 „ daily average • a • • 14.77 9.63 12.06