The report of the Committee of Visitors and Medical Superintendent of the Devon County Lunatic Asylum.

  • Devon County Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
[1855?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The report of the Committee of Visitors and Medical Superintendent of the Devon County Lunatic Asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABXaS No. 4. DURATION OF ATTACKS PREVIOUS TO ADMISSION. Under 2 months .47 From 2 to 6 months.23 » 6 „ 12. 14 „ 1 „ 3 years. 12 „ 3 „ 12 “. 7 „ 10 „ 20. 8 Upwards of 20 years .. .. 2 Congenital . 6 Unknown.14 Total.133 TABLE No. 5. OCCUPATIONS OF THOSE ADMITTED. Agricultural Laborers .. .. 14 „ Wives .. 16 „ Widows.. 2 „ Daughters 3 Bathing Woman . 1 Blacksmith’s Wife. 1 Butchers. 2 Cabinet Maker. 1 „ Wife. 1 Carpenter .. .. .. 1 Cattle Dealer. .. 1 Coachmen. 2 Coach Painter. 1 Currier . 1 Dairyman. 1 Draper’s Assistant. 1 Dress Makers. 2 Dyer. 1 Engineer. 1 Farmer’s Widow . 1 „ Daughter. 1 Fisherman . 1 „ Wife. 1 „ Daughter. 1 Gardeners. 2 Grocer .. 1 Huckster ,. 1 Innkeeper. 1 Joiner . Lace Makers Laundress. Masons . „ Wife .. . „ Laborers Merchant’s Daughter Miller . „ Wife. No occupation .. Policeman. Pensioner’s Wife Prostitute. Sailor. ’ . Sawyer Servants—Domestic Shoemakers „ Wives Shipwright Seamstresses Shopkeeper Soldier Unknown .. Whitesmiths 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 24 3 2 1 2 1 1 7 2 Total 133