Eighth annual report of the medical superintendent / Provincial Hospital for the Insane, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

  • Provincial Hospital for the Insane (Halifax, N.S.)
Date:
1866
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Credit: Eighth annual report of the medical superintendent / Provincial Hospital for the Insane, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Even when crowded to the utmost, we have never refused to admit cases of recent occurrence, whatever may have been their pecuniary circumstances ; and it is scarcely necessary to add that when it has become requisite to postpone the reception of com¬ paratively hopeless cases, it has been most unwillingly done. The knowledge of the sufferings of the insane in jails and elsewere throughout the country, often prompts us to admit patients who have very little prospect of ever being restored. ALLEGED AGES OF ALL ADMITTED. 1865. 1859-64. Total. From 5 to 7 years . 3 3 “ 10 to 20 * “ . 3 17 20 “ 20 to 30 “ ... 13 88 101 “ 30 to 40 “ . 15 72 87 “ 40 to 50 “ . 8 65 73 « 50 to 60 “ . 4 33 37 <*' 60 to 70 “ . 2 20 22 “ 70 to 80 “ . 1 12 13 “ 82 . 1 1 Unknown. 18 18 Total ... 46 329 375 The foregoing table merely serves to indicate the ages, as nearly as could he ascertained, at the time of admission. The previous duration of their insanity has varied, from less than a month up to nearly twenty years. Of this latter class, comparatively few are now admitted.