First annual report, for 1865 / Newcastle-upon-Tyne Borough Pauper Lunatic Asylum.

  • Newcastle-upon-Tyne Borough Pauper Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1866
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Credit: First annual report, for 1865 / Newcastle-upon-Tyne Borough Pauper Lunatic Asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE VI., SHOWING AGES OF PATIENTS NEWLY ADMITTED WHEN FIRST ATTACKED BY INSANITY. * Age. Males. Females. Total. Under 20 Years 3 3 From 20 to 25 1 1 2 ,, 2o ,, 30 • • 3 3 jj oOjjOt) ••• ••• • • • ••• • • • 2 2 ,, 35 ,, 40 ... ... ... ... 2 o • • 2 ,, 40 ,, 4o ... ... ... ... 3 * • • 3 „ 45 „ 50 1 • • • 1 50 do • «» »». ••• • • • •j jj 60 • «•« 1 i 2 Total 11 _ 7 18 TABLE VII., SHOWING CAUSES, WHERE ASCERTAINED, IN CASES NEWLY ADMITTED. Males. Females. Total. Physical : Injury to Head 1 . . . 1 The Puerperal State . . . 2 2 Moon-stroke and Exposure to Cold 1 ... 1 Typhus Fever ... 1 ... 1 Hepatic Derangement ... 1 1 Ovarian Irritation • . . 1 1 Intemperance 2 ... 2 Heredity 1 1 2 Not ascertained 5 2 7 T otal ... • • • • • • 11 7 18 Moral : 1 Fright, when a Child 1 ... Excitement 1 # • » 1 I Anxiety about Business ... 1 • • • Religious Excitement ... 1 1 Domestic Anxiety • • • 2 2 Distress 1 1 Not ascertained 7 4 11 11 7 18