Twenty-seventh annual report, 1891 / Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Lunatic Asylum.

  • Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
1892
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Credit: Twenty-seventh annual report, 1891 / Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Lunatic Asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (viz., 1,249 men and 1,112 women), of whom 292 (viz., 125 men and 167 women) were re-admissions, having been certified as insane at least once previously, and sent to this Asylum. Of the 2,361 admissions 778 (viz., 359 men and 419 women), or a per¬ centage of 32-9 (viz., 28‘7 men and 37‘7 women) have been dis¬ charged “ recovered537 (viz., 283 men and 254 women) have been discharged “ relieved ” or “ not improvedand 632 (viz., 413 men and 219 women) have died, leaving, as has been stated, 414 patients on the books of the Asylum on the 31st day of December, 1891. Of the admissions, it will be seen by reference to Table V. that 56 were cases of mania; 22 of melancholia; 11 of dementia; and 1 of congenital imbecility; 21 cases (viz., 16 males and 5 females) were suffering from general paralysis, and 3 males were epileptic. The death-rate has increased among the male patients, and slightly decreased among the women; but, on the whole, the patients have been fairly healthy, and the Asylum has been free from zymotic disease, with the exception of a few cases of influenza at the end of the year. By reference to Table VI. it will be observed that there have been 20 deaths from general paralysis and other forms of brain disease, and 19 occurred from diseases of the respiratory and circulatory systems, 10 of which, I regret to state, were due to pulmonary consumption—a much higher death-rate from this cause than hitherto in this Asylum. The causes of death were verified by post-mortem examination in 36 cases. There has been no inquest during the past year, and no accident of a serious nature. The causes of the insanity in the admissions are stated in Table XI., and by reference it will be seen that domestic trouble, adverse circumstances, and mental anxiety have contributed as