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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    CITY OF NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE CITY LUNATIC ASYLUM. REPORT. 1891. 20th January, 1892. The Committee of Visitors of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Lunatic Asylum have, in pursuance of the provisions of the “ Lunacy Act, 1890,” to make the Twenty-seventh Annual Report (and the Third Annual Report under the “ Local Government Act, 1888”) to the City Council, of the condition and management of the Institution. On the 31st day of December, 1890, the number of patients on the books was 400 (viz., 192 males and 208 females). The admissions during 1891 were 117 (viz., 67 males and 50 females). The admissions were chargeable in the following manner: — MALE. FEMALE. TOTAL. As Private Patients. . 3 ... ... 4 .... .. 7 To the Newcastle Union . . 64 ... ... 46 .... .. 110 To the Commissioners of Prisons. . 0 ... ... 0 ... .. 0 As “Out County” Cases . . 0 ... ... 0 .... 0 67 50 117 — The discharges were 59 (viz., 35 males and 24 females), and the deaths were 44 (viz., 30 males and 14 females). The average number daily resident was 411 (viz., 195 males and 216 females).