Seventeenth annual report of the medical superintendent of the lunatic asylum, for the counties of Salop and Montgomery, and for the boroughs of Wenlock, Shrewsbury, and Oswestry. 1862 [i.e. 1861] / [Salop and Montgomeryshire Counties Lunatic Asylum].

  • Salop and Montgomeryshire Counties Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1862
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Credit: Seventeenth annual report of the medical superintendent of the lunatic asylum, for the counties of Salop and Montgomery, and for the boroughs of Wenlock, Shrewsbury, and Oswestry. 1862 [i.e. 1861] / [Salop and Montgomeryshire Counties Lunatic Asylum]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT OF THE LUNATIC ASYLUM FOR THE COUNTIES OF SALOP AND MONTGOMERY, AND THE ASSOCIATED BOBOTJGrHS OF WENLOCK, SHREWSBURY, & OSWESTRY. OUST the first of January, 1861, the number of Patients on the Register of the Asylum was 375 (viz: 177 Males and 198 Females). In the course of the year, 1861, 117 Patients (viz: 49 Males and 68 Females) were admitted; 87 (viz: 36 Males and 51 Females) were discharged recovered; 7 (viz : 2 Males and 5 Females) were discharged (relieved; 1 Female was discharged not improved; and 29 (viz: 13 Males and 16 Females) died. The number of Patients remaining in the Asylum on the first of January, 1862, (including 1 Male and 3 Female Patients who were out upon trial as convalescent at that time) was 367 (viz: 175 Males and 192 Females). This shows, for the first time since the Asylum was opened, a Decrease on the number of Patients remaining at the end of the preceding year of 8 (viz: of 2 Males and 6 Females). A comparison between the average daily number of Patients resident during the year 1861, and the average daily number resident during the preceding year, was very nearly in an exactly inverse ratio to a comparison between the actual population of the Asylum at the end of the year 1861, and the actual population at its