Fortieth report of the resident physician of the Belfast District Hospital for the Insane of the county of Antrim, and the county of the town of Carrickfergus : from 1st April to 31st December, 1869.

  • Belfast District Hospital for the Insane.
Date:
1869
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Credit: Fortieth report of the resident physician of the Belfast District Hospital for the Insane of the county of Antrim, and the county of the town of Carrickfergus : from 1st April to 31st December, 1869. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table XIV.—Forms of Disease of the Total Number of Patients remaining on 31st December, 1869. Males. Females Total. Dementia, 12 4 16 Mania, .. 73 55 128 Do. complicated with Epilepsy,.. 8 8 16 Melancholia, 22 16 38 Monomania, 20 16 36 Totals, 135 99 234 Table XV.—Shewing the State of the Cases remaining on 31st Dec-, 1869. Males. Females Total. Chronic Cases, .. 79 52 131 Probably Curable Cases, .. 56 47 103 Totals, 135 99 234 Table XVI.—Shewing the Religious Persuasions of the 234 Patients remaining on 31st December, 1869. Males. Females Total. Baptist, 0 1 1 Covenanters, 1 0 1 Methodists, 3 1 4 Presbyterians, .. 54 32 86 Roman Catholics, 39 33 72 Unitarians, 2 0 2 United Church of England and Ireland, 36 32 68