Fifth annual report, 1869 / Newcastle-upon-Tyne Borough Lunatic Asylum.

  • Newcastle-upon-Tyne Borough Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1870
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Credit: Fifth annual report, 1869 / Newcastle-upon-Tyne Borough Lunatic Asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE V., Showing the Causes of Death during the Year, Causes of Death. Cerebral or Spinal Diseases :— Apoplexy and Paralysis . Epilepsy and Convulsions. . General Paresis . Maniacal or Melancholic Exhaustion or Decay. Inflammation and other Diseases of the Brain, Softening Tumours, &c. Thoracic Diseases :— Inflammation of the Lungs, Pleura, and Bronchi .. Pulmonary Consumption. Disease of the Heart, &c. Abdominal Diseases :— Inflammation and Ulceration of the Stomach, In¬ testines, or Peritoneum . Bysentry and Diarrhoea . Pelric Abscess . Exanthemata . Erysiplas . Cancer of the Face . Anoemia . General Debility and Old Age Accidents . Suicides. Total . Ascertained by post mortem examination Male. Female. Total. 1 1 i 1 2 6 • • • 6 1 1 2 1 • • • • • 1 • o • 1 • • • 1 1 • • • • • • 1 • • • ”2 • • • • • • • • • • • • 2 12 4 16 7 2 9 TABLE VI., Shotting the length of Residence in those Discharged, Recovered, and in th ose who have Died during the Year 1869. Length of Residence. Recovered. Died. Male. Fern. Total. Male. Fern. Total. Under 1 month . 1 1 3 2 5 From 1 to 3 months. 3 1 4 ... » 3 to 6 „ . 1 4 5 1 1 » 6 to 9 „ . 2 2 4 # # • • • „ 9 to 12 ,, . 5 2 7 2 2 „ 1 to 2 years . • • • • • • • • • 1 • • • 1 „ 2to 3 „ . • • * • • • • • 1 1 2 ,, 3 to 5 „ . ... 1 1 4 1 5 Total . 12 10 22 12 4 16