The physicians' report for the year 1847 : ordered to be printed for the use of governors / The Royal Hospital of Bethlem.

  • Bethlem Royal Hospital (London, England)
Date:
1848
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Credit: The physicians' report for the year 1847 : ordered to be printed for the use of governors / The Royal Hospital of Bethlem. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The number of patients discharged uncured in the course of the year was 83, consisting of 31 males, and 52 females, being 4 fewer than the number simi¬ larly discharged in 1846. So that the total number of cases admitted has been greater, and of cases uncured smaller than in the preceding year. DEATHS. The number of deaths has not exceeded the usual average, which, considering the great prevalence of in» fluenza during the year, is very remarkable. No one within the Hospital has died of this serious epidemic, which is so prone to carry off aged and infirm patients, precisely such as abound in our incurable wards. There have died altogether among the curable patients 12, consisting of 3 males and 9 females, the particulars of which are detailed below. Sex. Age Admitted. Died. Cause of Death. 1 Male 49 16th Oct. 1846 6th Jan. 1847. Syncope. 2 Female 57 24th April, 1846 11th Feb. Inflammation in the throat. 3 Female . 36 29th Jan. 1847 17 th March Gradual exhaustion. 4 Male 47 3rd Mar. 1847 21st March Pneumonia. 5 Female 53 14th Aug. 1846 22nd March . Gradual exhaustion. 6 Female 24 24th July, 1846 29th March Inflammation of the membranes of the brain. 7 Male 58 10th Dec. 1846 3rd April Syncope. 8 Female . 47 26th Feb. 184? 21st June Exhaustion after extreme scalding. 9 Female 70 4th June, 1847 29th June Apoplexy. 10 Female 41 23rd July, 1847 27th Sept. Disease of the heart. 11 Female 45 5th Nov. 1847 23rd Nov. Apoplexy. 12 Female . 18 24th Nov. 1847 10th Dec. Exhaustion after great cerebral excitement.