Twenty-third annual report on the County Pauper Lunatic Asylum / Buckinghamshire County Pauper Lunatic Asylum.

  • St. John's Hospital (Stone, Buckinghamshire, England)
Date:
[1876]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Twenty-third annual report on the County Pauper Lunatic Asylum / Buckinghamshire County Pauper Lunatic Asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Your Committee subjoin a Summary showing the number of Patients at the end of each year since the opening of the Asylum, up to the 16th December, 1875:— YEARS. MALES. FEMALES. TOTAL. 1853 . ... 62 . .... 157 1854 . ... 73 . . 97 . .... 170 1855 . . .. 82 . . 113. _ 195 1856 . ... 80 . . 115 . .... 195 1857 . .. 118 . . 213 1858 . ... 116 . . 134 . . 250 1859 . ... 112 . . 143 . 1860 .. . ... . .. 108 . ,. 135 . . 243 1861. . . 120 . . 146 . . 266 1862 . ... 129 . .145 . . 274 1863 . ... 133 .... . 153 .. . 286 1864 . ... 129 _ . 279 1865 . ... 137 .... . 164 . . 301 1866 . ... 132 . . 191 . . 323 1867 . .. 190 . . 326 1868 . ... 143 .... . 212 . 1869 . ... 181 .... . 240 . . 421 1870 . ... 186 ... ...... 240 . . 426 1S71. .. 141 .... . 208 . . 349 1872 . ... 137 .... . 212 . . 349 1873 . ... 152 .... . 224 . . 376 1874 . ... 149 .... . 241 . . 390 1875 . ... 175 .... . 242 . . .. .417 Two of the Commissioners in Lunacy visited the Asylum on the 23rd of September last, and the following is a Copy of their Deport upon that occasion :— Bucks County Asylum, September 23rd, 1875. Since this Asylum was visited by Members of our Board ten months ago, the number of Patients here has risen from 392 to 416. The Bucks Patients of the pauper class are 355, i.e.} 133 males and 222 females. The Out County Patients are 45, i.e., 31 men and 14 women. The private Patients consist of 10 men and 6 women. One Pauper of each sex and one private Patient are away on leave; all the rest we have seen. The