Report of the Committee of Visitors of the Lunatic Asylum for the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire : with the superintendent's eighteenth annual report, presented at the Easter sessions, 1865 and an account of the receipts and payments to the end of the year, 1864 / North and East Ridings of Yorkshire Lunatic Asylum.

  • North and East Ridings of Yorkshire Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1865
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Credit: Report of the Committee of Visitors of the Lunatic Asylum for the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire : with the superintendent's eighteenth annual report, presented at the Easter sessions, 1865 and an account of the receipts and payments to the end of the year, 1864 / North and East Ridings of Yorkshire Lunatic Asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    There remained in the Asylum on the 31st Dec. 1864— 269 Males. 231 Females. Total . 500 with which number the current year’s operations commenced. Of the 117 patients admitted during 1864— 6 Males and 5 Females were out County pauper patients. 3 do. and 6 do. were private patients. 51 do. and 46 do. were chargeable to the Ridings. Total 60 57 = 117 Ages of patients admitted during 1864: — M. F. Total. From 5 to 15 years of age 2 3 5 15 to 25 do. 12 5 17 25 to 35 do. 11 11 22 35 to 45 do. 9 9 18 45 to 55 do. 16 18 34 55 to 65 do. 7 8 15 65 to 75 do. 3 2 5 At 82 years old 0 1 1 60 57 117 The character of the mental disorders afflicting the 117 patients Imitted during the year 1864 was as follows • —^— M. F. Total. Mania. . 16 15 31 Maniacal Melancholia . . . 10 17 n Chronic Mania .... . 6 5 11 Maniacal Dementia . . . . 3 1 4 Dementia. . 6 0 6 Chronic Dementia . . . . 1 1 2 Idiocy. 5 1 6 Senile Dementia .... . 1 1 2 Imbecility. . 1 1 2 Melancholia. . 7 7 14 Epileptic Mania .... . 3 0 3 Maniacal Monomania . . . 1 1 2 Puerperal Mania . . . . 0 3 3 Do. Melancholia .... . 0 1 1 Hysterical Mania . . . . 0 3 3 60 57 117