The report of the committee of visitors & superintendent of the Cheshire Lunatic Asylum : made to the court of general quarter sessions of the peace, holden at Nether Knutsford, in and for the county of Chester, on Monday, the 5th April, 1858.

  • Cheshire County Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1858
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Credit: The report of the committee of visitors & superintendent of the Cheshire Lunatic Asylum : made to the court of general quarter sessions of the peace, holden at Nether Knutsford, in and for the county of Chester, on Monday, the 5th April, 1858. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE X. Supposed Cause.—Admissions. moral. M. F. TOTAL. M. F. TOTAL. Anxiety. 3 0 3 Death of relatives. 1 1 2 Domestic troubles. 1 1 2 Dread of Poverty. 0 3 3 Excitement from travelling. 1 0 1 jj Fright. 0 3 3 | Ill usage of husbands . 0 2 2 | Loss of property. 0 1 1 1 Love . 2 2 4 1 ‘Passion’ .. 1 0 1 1 Religious excitement ... 2 0 2 1 — 11 13 24 PHYSICAL. Childbirth... 0 6 6 Disease of brain . 1 2 3 » liver . 1 0 1 Epilepsy. 4 3 7 Hereditary influences . 4 2 6 Infantile Convulsions .. 0 1 1 Injury of head . o 1 3 Intemperance . 13 3 16 j Uterine derangement . 0 1 1 25 19 44 Congenital cases. • . • • • • • • • 1 1 2 Unknown. ... ... ... 18 15 33 55 48 103 Hereditary taint ascertained to . -. exist. ... ... 7 7 14 TABLE XX. Analysis of Suicidal Cases.—Admissions. MALES. FEMALES. TOTAL. Attempted to commit suicide. 7 10 17 Threatened ditto... 3 6 9 Unknown as to whether an actual at¬ tempt was made . 5 6 11 15 22 37