Eleventh annual report of the Suffolk Lunatic Asylum : December, 1848.

  • Suffolk Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1849
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Credit: Eleventh annual report of the Suffolk Lunatic Asylum : December, 1848. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT, That general summary view of the state of the Asylum, which is again taken as usual, at the end of another year, presents some not unim¬ portant features, connected with its internal economy and order. The copious register of patients admitted, the great diminution of mor¬ tality, the increased proportion of discharged patients, and the health and comfort, which with very slight interruptions, has prevailed through¬ out, are facts of very favourable import. The Report, as made up to day, is as follows State of the House, December 22, 1848, Males. Females. Total. In the House, December 81, 1847, .. 116 134 253 Admitted since .. 31 51 82 147 185 332 Males. Females. Total. Discharged, cured .... 13 25 38 „ Relieved .. 2 2 Died ...11 16 27 - 24 43 67 Remaining in the House, Dec. 22,1848, 123 142 265