Thirty-second annual report of the trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital, at Worcester. October, 1864.

  • State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester.
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1865
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Credit: Thirty-second annual report of the trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital, at Worcester. October, 1864. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table No. 5—Concluded. CAUSES. 1864. Previously. Males. Females. Males. Females. Imprisonment,..... _ 4 Death of Relatives, .... — 7 28 69 Domestic Trouble, .... 1 — 110 336 Marriage, Unhappy, — — 2 5 Disappointment in Love,. — 2 64 95' Disappointed Ambition, . — — 9 9 Home Sickness, .... — 1 6 17 Fright, ...... 1 — 20 24 Seduction, ..... — — — 3 Millerism, ..... — — 9 6 Political Excitement, — ‘ — 9 1 Religious Excitement, — 1 156 176 Pecuniary Trouble, .... — — 142 37 Poverty,. — — 1 1 Poverty, Fear of, — — 30 8 Prosecution, ..... — — 1 — Giving up Business,. 1 — 1 — Change of Business, — — 8 — Violent Temper, .... — — 2 13 Jealousy,. — — 18 . 27 Intemperance,. 23 5 540 62 Opium, Use of, .... — — 3 9 Tobacco, Use of, — — 9 7 Masturbation, ..... 16 2 347 55 Venery, Excess of, . — — 1 — Unknown, . ... 32 24 1,017 1,059 Totals, ..... ’ 125 101 3,378 3,500 Of the above there were— Hereditary cases, .... 23 14 542 767 Periodical cases, .... 24 23 560 596 Hereditary and Periodical cases, 8 3 365 405 Suicidal cases, .... 18 16 180 219 Homicidal cases, .... Suicidal and Homicidal cases, . 13 5 127 38 5 3 37 22