Nineteenth annual report, 1883 / Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Lunatic Asylum.

  • Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1884
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Credit: Nineteenth annual report, 1883 / Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Lunatic Asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT. TO THE COMMITTEE OF VISITORS. 5 th January, 1884. Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, I have the honour to submit the Nineteenth Annual Report, with the Statistical Tables for 1883. On the 1st of January, 1883, there were on the books of the Asylum 270 patients (viz., 140 men and 130 women) ; and on the 31st of December, 1883, there were 287 (viz., 145 men and 142 women). The average number daily resident was 272 (viz., 138 men and 134 women), and the total number under treat¬ ment was 368 (viz., 186 men and 182 women), as against 265 and 368 respectively in 1882. The admissions were 98 (viz., 46 men and 52 women), of which number the Union of Newcastle-upon-Tyne contributed 97, being less by 2 than in 1882 ; and 1 was from the Union of Berwick-upon-Tweed. The discharges were 60, of which number 37 (viz., 17 men and 20 women) were “ recovered,” 16 were “ relieved,” and 7 were “ not improved.” The percentage of the “ recoveries,” cal¬ culated on the admissions, was 37*75 (viz., 37 of the men and 38*46 of the women). The 23 “relieved” and “not improved” comprise cases which were sent to other Asylums, or which were sufficiently improved to be sent to the Union Workhouse, or to the care of relatives. The deaths were 21 (viz., 15 men and 6 women), as against