Thirty-fifth annual report of the trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester. October, 1867.

  • State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester.
Date:
1868
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Credit: Thirty-fifth annual report of the trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester. October, 1867. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    any one time was four hundred and twenty-seven ; the lowest was three hundred and fifty-five; and the average number under treatment during the year was a fraction more than three hundred and eighty-nine, or one hundred and ninety-six and sixty-six one-hundredths males, and one hundred and ninety-two and forty-two one-hundredths females. The number of males in the hospital during the year was three hundred and forty-four, and the number of females was three hundred and twenty-five. The highest number of males at any one time was two hundred and nineteen, and the highest number of females was two hundred and eight. At the beginning of the year, there were in the hospital one hundred and ninety males and one hundred and ninety-one females. At the close of the year there are one hundred and seventy-seven males and one hundred and seventy-eight females; and these are the lowest numbers of each sex in the hospital at any one time during the year. « The number of males admitted during the year was one hundred and fifty-four, and the number of females was one hundred and thirty-four. The number of patients discharged was one hundred and seventy-one, of whom one hundred and fifty-eight were restored to usual health of body and mind, and were discharged as recovered. The recoveries were in the ratio of a fraction less than fifty-five per cent, to the number admitted ; or nearly forty- one per cent, to the average number under treatment; or twenty-two and five one-hundredths per cent, to the whole num¬ ber in the hospital in the course of the year; or fifty-four and five one-hundredths per cent, to the whole number discharged, after deducting the number of those who died. The recoveries were also in the ratio of seventy-six and six one-hundredths per cent, to the number of those whose insanity had existed one year only, or less, and only about eleven per cent, to the number of those who had been insane more than one year previous to their admission to the hospital. The proportion of recoveries is somewhat less than has been recorded in some former years, a fact which is explained by the large number of admissions of chronic cases, several of the patients admitted having been old, incurable and worn-out