Thirty-ninth annual report of the trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester. October, 1871.

  • State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester.
Date:
1872
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Credit: Thirty-ninth annual report of the trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester. October, 1871. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Commontomitl) of ittassacljusetts. TRUSTEES’ REPORT. To His Excellency the Governor and the Honorable Council of the Commonwealth. In obedience to the laws of the Commonwealth, the Trustees of the Worcester Lunatic Hospital beg leave to submit their report for the year 1871, it being the thirty-ninth of the exist¬ ence of our institution. Under the guidance of a kind Provi¬ dence, the affairs of the hospital have been conducted through another year with a measure of success satisfactory to the Trustees, and, so far as wo know, to all whose wards or friends have been committed to its care and keeping. The results of the faithful administration of the Superintendent, supported by the efficient aid of the Assistant Physicians, and the other attend¬ ants employed in the house, have been such as to maintain the well-established good character of our hospital. The following table is an epitome of the condition of the hos¬ pital during the year :— 0 Males. Females. Totals. Whole number of patients on the 1st of October, 1870, 197 211 408 Admitted during the year,...... 254 216 470 Whole number under treatment, .... 452 427 879 discharged,. 251 206 457 recovered, . 106 103 209