Eleventh annual report of the managers of the State Lunatic Asylum : made to the Legislature February 8, 1854 / New York State Lunatic Asylum at Utica.

  • New York (State). State Lunatic Asylum
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[1854]
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Credit: Eleventh annual report of the managers of the State Lunatic Asylum : made to the Legislature February 8, 1854 / New York State Lunatic Asylum at Utica. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT. OP THE MANAGERS OF THE STATE LUNATIC ASYLUM, Fop ttie Year Ending Deeeuafcesr 1st, 1853. The Managers of the New York State Lunatic Asylum respectfully submit the following Report: The results of the institution under our charge have been no less beneficial than in any previous year of its existence. The annual report of the Superintendent, which is herewith submit¬ ted, shows that a larger number of patients were received into the Asylum the last year than in any previous year, and that sixty applica¬ tions for admission were refused for want of room for their accommo¬ dation. The whole number admitted since the Asylum was opened, on the 16th of January, 1843, is 3,923 ; of whom 1,625 have been discharged recovered, 55 much improved, 598 improved, 753 unimproved, and 446 have died. The number admitted during the year was 424; giving a total of 849 under treatment in the course of the year. Of this number, 169 were discharged recovered, 21 much improved, 45 improved, 129 unim¬ proved, and 39 have died; leaving 446 remaining at the end of the year. We refer to the report of the Superintendent for a full state¬ ment of the operations and results of the Asylum during the year. The labors and responsibilities of the Superintendent and his assist¬ ants have for the last year been peculiarly arduous, owing to the work being executed in carrying out the plan referred to in our last report, for warming the entire establishment by steam, and providing for a more perfect system of ventilation. They have devoted themselves to the performance of their duties with untiring zeal, and have done all the labor that their health and strength would allow, and the results ol the year show that their efforts in the care and treatment of the unfor-
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