Report of the medical officers of the Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum [for 1851] : instituted 1816.

  • Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1851
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Credit: Report of the medical officers of the Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum [for 1851] : instituted 1816. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    EXTRACT FROM THE DAILY ACCOUNT OF THE STATE OF THE PATIENTS.—JUNE, 1851. MEN. Thursday, Friday , Saturday, EMPLOYED. 5th. 6 th. 7 th. Morn. Aft. Mom. Aft. Morn. Aft. Working in the Garden .. .. 3 4 I 3 4 3 3 ,, Land .! 52 66 53 75 53 53 ,, „ Airing Courts 2 « • 2 • • 2 2 Assisting Joiners 2 2 2 2 2 2 ,, Plumbers . 2 2 2 2 2 2 ,, Shoemakers . 10 10 9 9 9 9 ,, Tailors . 6 6 6 6 6 6 ,, in the Kitchen .... 6 5 6 5 6 5 ,, Baker and Brewer .. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Cleaning Galleries .. 112 71 119 64 110 78 Plaiting Straw. .. 18 28 17 25 19 25 Picking Flocks . 20 20 16 28 20 21 Other in-door work. . .. 32 44 32 44 35 62 Crushing Sand..... 2 8 1 1 2 1 Pumping. 14 1 4 14 14 14 14 Total Employed. 285 284 286 283 287 287 UNEMPLOYED. Excitement with Restraint .... 1 • • • « • • • • ,, without Restraint.. 2 2 2 2 2 2 ,, with Seclusion .... Sick... 10 10 10 10 10 10 Quiet ... 78 79 77 | 80 77 77 Total Unemployed.. .. i 90 91 89 92 89 89 Admissions. 1 Deaths and Discharges. • • • « • 37 5