Report of the County Lunatic Asylum at Prestwich : presented to the Court of Adjourned Annual Session, December 28, 1865 with the accounts of the receipts and payments of the treasurer of the said asylum.

  • Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum at Prestwich.
Date:
1866
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Credit: Report of the County Lunatic Asylum at Prestwich : presented to the Court of Adjourned Annual Session, December 28, 1865 with the accounts of the receipts and payments of the treasurer of the said asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    M. F. TOT. Admitted. 197 192 389 Discharged. 103 129 232 ,, of whom recovered ... 70 90 166 Died . 07 63 130 Present Number on Books . 498 498 996 ,, of whom absent on trial... 2 ■ f»ii 2 “ The assigned causes of death wer e as follows:—* M. F. TOT, Phthsis . 5 20 25 Exhaustion after Mania . 9 6 15 General Paralysis . 34 15 49 Cerebral Disease . — 2 2 Epilepsy. 8 4 12 Suicide by cutting throat . *— 1 1 Other Causes . 11 15 26 Total . 67 63 130 “Inquests have been held, for special reasons, in three cases, besides the suicide. In one, that of a Male Patient, the verdict was “ Died from general paralysis and gangrenous inflammation of the leg.” The post-mortem examination disclosed the fracture of two ribs and the sternum, which had been partially discovered during life by Mr. Ley, the Assistant Medical Officer. The injuries are believed to have been occasioned by kicks from