Twenty-seventh annual report of the Somerset County Pauper Lunatic Asylum : from the first of January to the end of the year 1874.

  • Somerset County Pauper Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1875
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Credit: Twenty-seventh annual report of the Somerset County Pauper Lunatic Asylum : from the first of January to the end of the year 1874. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE V. Showing the Causes of Death during the Year. CAUSE OF DEATH. MALES. FEM. TOTAL. CEREBRAL OR SPINAL DISEASES. Apoplexy, or Paralysis . 1 0 1 Epilepsy and Convulsions . 5 1 6 General Paralysis. 4 3 7 Chronic Disorganisation of the Brain. 3 4 7 THORACIC DISEASES. Inflammation of the Lungs, Pluroe, and Bronchi ,.. 3 4 7 Pulmonary Consumption. 1 3 4 Disease of the Heart .• ... 1 1 2 ABDOMINAL DISEASES. Abscess of Liver. 0 2 2 Abscess of Kidney . . 0 1 1 Chronic Disease of Kidney.. 1 0 1 GENERAL DISEASES. Cancer . 1 1 2 Erysipelas. 2 0 2 Senile Decay. 3 3 6 Total . 25 23 48 TABLE VI. Showing the Length of Residence of those Discharged, Recovered, and of those who have Died during the year, 1874. LENGTH OF RESIDENCE. RECOVERED. DIED. MALE. FEM. TOTAL. MALE. FEM. TOTAL. Under 1 Month . 2 1 3 5 2 7 From 1 to 3 Months 2 6 8 2 3 5 5 5 3 55 6 55 * • • . * * • 2 14 16 0 1 1 55 6 55 9 55 8 9 17 1 2 3 5* 9 55 12 55 . 3 4 7 4 2 6 55 1 55 2 Years 9 2 11 1 2 3 55 2 55 3 55 . 3 0 3 2 1 3 55 3 55 5 55 3 0 3 3 3 6 • 5 7 55 9 )) . 0 1 1 0 2 2 * 5 9 55 12 V 0 0 0 1 2 3 55 15 55 20 51 . 0 0 0 4 4 >> 20 and upwards 0 0 0 2 3 5 Total .. ... ... 32 37 69 25 23 48