Twenty-sixth annual report of the Belfast District Hospital for the Insane Poor of the counties of Antrim and Down, and the county of the town of Carrickfergus : from the 1st April, 1855, to the 31st March, 1856.

  • Belfast District Hospital for the Insane.
Date:
1856
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Twenty-sixth annual report of the Belfast District Hospital for the Insane Poor of the counties of Antrim and Down, and the county of the town of Carrickfergus : from the 1st April, 1855, to the 31st March, 1856. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table II.—Ages of the 114 Patients admitted during the Year. Males. Females. Total. Under 20 years, ... *«« • • • 7 3 10 From 20 to 30 years, • * • • • • ... 15 16 31 “ 30 to 40 (6 • • « • • • • • • ... 15 12 27 “ 40 to 50 • • • * • ... 14 12 26 “ 50 to 60 • • • • • • 13 5 18 “ 60 to 70 • * • • • • • • • 1 0 1 “ 70 to 80 $i • • • • • • • • • 0 1 1 Totals, ... • • • • •« ... 65 49 114 Table III.-Alleged Causes of Insanity in the 114 Cases admitted during the Year. Males. Females. Total. Bodily Ailments, ... 9 3 12 Disappointed Love, 0 0 0 Fright, ... J 3 4 • Grief, Disappointment, Anxiety, ... 8 / 15 Intemperance, 5 1 6 tlealonsy, ... ... ... ... ... 2 2 4 Puerperal Condition, 0 3 3 Religious Excitement, 2 1 3 Excessive Study, ... 0 2 2 Unknown or Hereditary, ... ... 36 25 61 Totally unknown, ... ... 2 2 4 TfOTALS, ... ,,, ... 65 49 114 Table IV.—Forms of Disease in the 114 Cases admitted during the Year. Males. Females. Total. 14ementia, ... ... ... ... ... ... 8 7 15 IHania, ... ... ... ... ... ... 41 26 67 Melancholia, ... 14 11 25 Monomania, 1 2 5 7 Totals, ... 65 49 114 V Table V.—Religion of the 114 Cases admitted during the Year Males. Females. Total. Established Church of England and Ireland, ... 12 14 26 1 Presbyterians and Protestant Dissenters, 27 21 48 1 Roman Catholics, ... ... 26 14 40 1 Totals, I 1 49 114