Sixth annual report of the managers of the Adams Nervine Asylum. 1883.

  • Adams Nervine Asylum.
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1883
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Credit: Sixth annual report of the managers of the Adams Nervine Asylum. 1883. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT OR THE RESIDENT PHYSICIAN. To the Managers of the Adams Nervine Asylum* Gentlemen, — In accordance with the requirements of your Board, which determine that I shall make an annual re¬ port at least seven days before the annual meeting of the Corporation, I have the honor respectfully to submit the fol¬ lowing :— TABLE No. 1. GENERAL STATISTICS. Patients in the Asylum May 1,1882 . Admissions within the year .... Whole number of cases during the year . Discharged — Namely, — as recovered ..... relieved ..... not relieved ..... } Patients remaining April 30, 1883 Number of different persons under treatment during 44 44 44 44 admitted 44 44 44 44 recovered Daily average number of patients Average stay of patients (in months) 44 44 44 44 who recovered . 44 44 44 44 44 were relieved 44 44 44 44 44 were not relieved Total number of applications for admission 37 27 16 the year 29 76 105 80 25 105 76 37 27.09 3.70 4.34 4. 2.77 371 In the foregoing statistics there are several items of inter- O O est worthy of consideration, to which I would call your at¬ tention. The number of applications for admission, an average of one and a fraction daily for every day of the year, has been larger than ever before, and is probably a