Thirteenth annual report of the Trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital at Northampton : October, 1868.

  • State Lunatic Hospital (Northampton, Mass.)
Date:
1869
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Credit: Thirteenth annual report of the Trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital at Northampton : October, 1868. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Upon forty-six of the fifty-two Sabbaths the audience consisted of three hundred persons or more. Upon thirteen of those days the number was between three hundred and three hundred and nine, inclusive; upon sixteen, it was between three hun¬ dred and ten and three hundred and nineteen ; upon nine, be¬ tween three hundred and twenty and three hundred and twenty-nine ; upon five, between three hundred and thirty and three hundred and thirty-nine ; and upon three, between three hundred and forty and three hundred and forty-nine. The largest number on any day was—Men, . . 14T Women, . . 200 Total,.847 This was on u Pilgrim’s Hay,”—the 22d of December. The smallest number was—Men, .... 124 Women, . . . . 162 Total,.286 This was upon the first Sabbath, when many of the house¬ hold were fatigued with the labors attendant upon the closing of an official year of the hospital. The average attendance, for the year, was—Men, . 184.62 Women, . 180.04 % Total,.314.66 This average is larger by fourteen than in any preceding year. Patients at Chapel on the Sabbath. But the important question arises, “ How many at each meeting for worship were patients ? ” It will be perceived by an inspection of the foregoing table, that this question is already answered. But, for the benefit of persons who dislike the study of figures in tabular arrangement, the most important results derived from the table will be mentioned.