Twenty-third annual report of the Belfast District Hospital for the insane of the counties of Antrim and Down, and the county of the town of Carrickfergus : from the 1st April, 1852, to the 31st March, 1853.

  • Belfast District Hospital for the Insane.
Date:
1853
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Credit: Twenty-third annual report of the Belfast District Hospital for the insane of the counties of Antrim and Down, and the county of the town of Carrickfergus : from the 1st April, 1852, to the 31st March, 1853. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table XII.—Ages of the 25 Patients who Died during the Year. From 20 to 30 years, • • • • • • • • • Males. 4 Females. 3 Total. 7 “ 30 to 40 << • • • • • • • • « ... 5 1 6 “ 40 to 50 << • • • • • • 2 1 3 “ 50 to 60 a • • • • • • • • 2 5 7 “ 60 to 70 <c • • • • • • • • • 1 1 2 Totals, • O • • • • • • • ... 14 11 25 Table XIII.—Shewing the Duration of Disease in the 113 Patients dis¬ charged Recovered and Relieved, and who Died during the Year. i Duration of Disease. Recovered and Relieved. Died. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Under 3 months, 1 5 6 1 1 2 From 3 to 6 months, 7 17 24 1 0 1 “ 6 to 12 “ 5 18 23 4 2 6 “ 1 to 2 years, 9 2 11 1 3 4 “ 2 to 5 u 8 10 18 0 1 1 “ 5 to 10 “ 3 1 4 2 0 2 “ 10 to 20 “ 2 0 2 5 4 9 Totals,... 35 53 88 14 11 25 DANGEROUS LUNATICS. The cases admitted under this denomination, during the year, agreeably to the provisions of the Act, 1 Viet., c. 27, amounted to eight—of which number, five had been tempo¬ rarily committed to the new Prison, Belfast, and three to County Down Jail; and all subsequently transferred here, by warrants of the Lord Lieutenant, as vacancies were re¬ ported. CRIMINAL LUNATICS. The Central Government Asylum, at Dundrum, Dublin, opened in 1850, for the special reception of persons ac¬ quitted of serious acts of crime, on the ground of insanity,