The seventieth report of the visitors of the County Lunatic Asylum, Stafford : for the year ending December 31st, 1888.

  • Staffordshire County Lunatic Asylum (Stafford, England)
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[1889]
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Credit: The seventieth report of the visitors of the County Lunatic Asylum, Stafford : for the year ending December 31st, 1888. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF VISITING JUSTICES OF THE COUNTY LUNATIC ASYLUM, STAFFORD, FOR THE YEAR 1888, PRESENTED TO THE COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS. During the year 298 lunatics have been admitted, of whom 167 were males and 131 females; 96 have been discharged recovered, of whom 50 were males and 46 females; 3 males and 12 females have been discharged relieved to the custody of their friends; 3 males and 1 female have been discharged to the Workhouse; 14 males and 1 female have been transferred to Burntwood Asylum, and 3 males and 2 females to other Asylums ; 1 male and 3 females were discharged as not insane, the Medical Officer not being able to certify to their insanity; 46 males and 40 females have died. There remain at this Asylum 494 males and 403 females. The average of recoveries on the admissions has been 32 per cent., and the average of deaths on the total number under treatment 7 per cent. The recoveries show an increase of 3 per cent., and the deaths a decrease of 2 per cent, as compared with last year. There are now 1471 lunatics belonging to the County (889 at Stafford and 582 at Burntwood), showing an increase of 101 during the year. There are at Stafford Asylum 9 patients for whom 14s. per week is charged. Your Committee recommend in accordance with 12th section of the 25 & 26 Victoria, cap. Ill, a pension of £26 per annum to Thomas Greenwood, attendant, aged 49 years, who has resigned after 22^ years’ service, being