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TWENTY-FIRST  ANNUAL  REPORT 


OF  THE 


BELFAST  DISTRICT  ASYLUM 


FOR  THE  INSANE 


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For  the  Year  ending  31st  March,  1851. 


DRAWN  UP  BY  THE  RESIDENT  PHYSICIAN. 


ESTABLISHED  a.  d.  1829. 


ORDERED  BY  THE  GOVERNORS  TO  BE  PRINTED  AND  CIRCULATED. 


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PRINTED  BY  FRANCIS  D .  FINLAY, 

Calender-Street. 


1851, 


Digitized  by  the  Internet  Archive 
in  2018  with  funding  from 
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CONTENTS. 


PAfiE 


Accommodation,  state  of,  during  the  year,  . 

... 

13 

Admissions  and  Discharges  during  the  year, 

(Table  1), 

6 

Ages  of  Patients  admitted  during  the  year, 

(Table  2), 

7 

Do.  discharged  Recovered  during  the  year, 

(Table  9), 

9 

Board  Routine  Business,  ...  ...  . 

...  ... 

5 

Condition,  Social,  of  Patients  admitted  during  the  year, 

(Table  6), 

8 

Criminal  Lunatics,  and  Central  Criminal  Lunatic  Asylum,  ... 

...  ... 

10 

Dangerous  Lunatics,  . 

••• 

9 

Deaths,  Causes  of,  during  the  year,  ...  . 

(Table  10), 

9 

Do.  Remarks  upon, 

... 

12 

Education,  Degree  of,  in  Patients  admitted  during  the  year, 

(Table  8), 

9 

Government  Inspection,  . 

•  •  •  •  •  • 

15 

Governors  and  Officers,  . 

■  •  •  •  •  a 

5 

Governors,  Deaths  of, 

•  •  •  •  •  • 

15 

Health  of  Inmates  during  the  year,  . 

••• 

12 

Insanity,  Causes  of,  in  year’s  admissions,  . 

(Table  3), 

7 

Do.  Forms  of,  do.,  . 

(Table  4), 

7 

New  Buildings,  Additional,  about  being  erected,  ... 

»  •  *  •  •  • 

13 

Numbers  at  present  in  the  House,  . 

•  «  •  •  •  • 

12 

Occupations  of  Patients  admitted  during  the  year,  . 

(Table  7), 

8 

Patients’  Work,  Remarks  upon,  . 

... 

14 

Recoveries,  &c.  &c.  during  the  year,  . 

... 

14 

Religious  Denominations  of  Patients  admitted  during  the  year, 

(Table  5), 

7 

Suicidal,  &c.  Cases  admitted  during  the  year, 

•••  ... 

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CONTENTS  OF  APPENDIX. 


Admissions  and  Discharges  of  the  year, . 

Do.  do.  of  each  County  in  district, 

Per  Centages  of  Discharges,  &c.  for  thirteen  years,  ... 
Employment,  Kinds  of. 

Insanity,  Forms  of,  in  Cases  remaining  at  the  end  of  the  year, 

State  of  Cases  remaining  at  the  end  of  the  year,  . 

Duration  of  Disease  in  the  cases  discharged  Recovered,  &c. 

and  who  Died,  during  the  year,  ...  ...  ...  j 

Religious  Persuasions  of  the  cases  remaining  under  treatment, 

Ages  of  do .  .  . 

Duration  of  Residence  of  do.  in  the  Asylum,  ... 

Do.  of  Treatment  of  Recovered  cases,  . 

Works  and  Manufactures  during  the  year, 

Financial  Statement, 

Farm  and  Garden  Produce  and  Expenditure . 

Dietary, 


(Table  11), 
(Table  12), 
(Table  13), 
(Table  14), 
(Table  15), 
(Table  1G), 

(Table  17), 

(Table  18), 
(Table  19), 
(Table  20), 
(Table  21), 
(Table  22), 


Reports  received  during  the  year, 


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G 0  V E  R NOUS 


OF  THE 

BELFAST  DISTRICT  ASYLUM  FOR  THE  INSANE, 

APPOINTED  BY 

THE  LORD-LIEUTENANT  AND  PRIVY  COUNCIL  OF  IRELAND, 

Under  the  Provisions  of  1  &  2  George  IV.,  Cap.  38. 


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Name. 


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Marquis  of  DonegaJl,  .  . 
Mayor  of  Belfast,  for  the  time  be 
Rev.  Thomas  Hincks,  A.M., 


ng. 


Sir  Robert  Bateson,  Bart.,  D.L. 
William  M‘Cance,  J.P., 

Robert  Jas.  Tennent,  M.P.,  D.L,, 
John  Sinclaire,  Esq.,  .  .  . 

Edward  Bruce,  J.P . 

Right  Rev.  Bishop  Denvir,  . 
Rev.  John  Edgar,  D.D.,  ,  . 

Rev.  H.  Montgomery,  LL.D., 
Very  Rev.  Dean  Stannus, 

Rev.  H.  Cooke,  D.D.,  LL.D., 
John  M‘Neile,  J.P.,  D.L.,  . 

R.  B.  B.  Houston,  J.P.,  .  . 

Rev  J.  S.  B.  Monsell,  A.M., . 
Conway  B.  Grimshaw,  Esq., 

John  Clarke,  J.P . 

Marquis  of  Downshire,  .  . 
Robert  Gordon,  J.P.,  .  .  . 
Robert  Batt,  J.P.,  D.L., 
J^nd51?4rpian  9>p^vford, 


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Residence. 


Date  of 
Appointment. 


Ormeau,  Belfast;  and  London, 

Belfast, . 

Derrykeighan  Rectory,  Der- 

vock,  . 

Belvoir  Park,  Belfast,  . 
Suffolk,  Belfast,  .  .  . 

Belfast, . 

Malone,  Belfast,  .  .  . 
Scoutbush,  Carrickfergus, 

Belfast, . 

Do.  ...  .  . 

Glebe  House,  Dunmurry, 

Lisburn . 

Belfast, . 

Parkmount,  Belfast, .  . 
Orangefield,  Belfast,  .  . 
Ramoan  Rectory,  Ballycastle 
Linfield,  Belfast,  .  .  . 

Belfast, . 

Castle,  Hillsborough,  . 
Florida  Manor,  Killinchy, 
Purdysburn,  Belfast, 

•n,  Holy  wood, 
m, a 


March,  1829. 


28th  June,  1829. 
4th  Jan.  1836. 

28th  Oct.  1836. 


4th  April,  1842. 


13th  July,  1842. 
8th  Oct.  1846. 
13th  Sept.  1847. 
16th  Nov.  1847. 


STATED  MEETINGS  OF  GOVERNORS  ARE  HELD  IN  THE  ASYLUM,  ON  THE 
FIRST  MONDAY  OF  EACH  MONTH,  AT  ONE  O’CLOCK,  P.M., 


ORDER  OF  BUSINESS: — 

1.  — Proceedings  of  the  last  meeting  read,  and  signed  by  the  Chairman. 

2.  — Suggestions  of  the  Physicians  received. 

3. — Forms  of  Admission,  urgent  cases  admitted  since  last  month,  examined  and  approved, 

and  signed  by  the  Chairman. 

4. — Forms  of  admission,  new  cases  examined  and  admitted,  and  signed  by  the  Chairman. 

5. — Accounts,  for  which  payment  was  ordered  last  meeting,  examined  and  checked  off. 

6.  — Accounts  for  last  month  examined,  and  payment  ordered. 

7.  — Business  arising  out  of  minutes  of  last  meeting. 

8.  — Any  other  business  that  may  be  brought  forward. 


OFFICERS: 


Resident  Physician , 
Visiting  Physician , 
Rung  eon- Apothecary, 


Robert  Stewart,  M.D. 
Henry  M'Cormac,  M.D. 
J.  S.  Mui.holi.and,  M.D. 


TWENTY-FIRST  ANNUAL  REPORT 


OF  THE 

BELFAST  DISTRICT  ASYLUM  FOR  THE  INSANE, 

For  the  Year  ending  31st  March,  1851. 


Table  I.— General  Statement  of  the  Year’s  Admissions,  &c. 


In  Asylum,  1st  April,  1850, 

Admitted  since,  New  Cases,  ...  68 

Do.  Relapsed  do.  ...  1 

Total  under  Treatment  during  the  year, 


66 

5 


134 

6 


Discharged  Recovered, during  the  year,  33 
te  Relieved,  “  11 

Died,  during  the  year,  ...  ...  22 


48 

18 

7 


81 

29 

29 


Remaining  under  Treatment,  31st  March,  1851, 


Admissions  this  year  more  than  last  year,  ... 


Daily  average  number  of  Patients  during  the  year,  .. 
Do.  for  the  year  ending  31st  March,  1850,  ...  .., 


Average  annual  Expense  of  each  Patient  this 
ing  every  charge,  . 

Do.  for  the  year  ending  31st  March,  1850, 
Being  a  decrease  on  each  Patient  this  year  of 


“  Dangerous  Lunatics”  admitted  during  the  year,  viz. ) 
from  Antrim  Jail,  1  Male,  1  Female;  from  Down  V 
Jail,  11  Males,  3  Females,  ...  ...  ...) 

“Dangerous  Lunatics”  in  the  House,  31st  March, Y 

1851, viz.  from  Antrim  Jail,  1  Female;  from  Down  >  6 

Jail,  6  INI  ales,  ...  ...  ...  ...  -...  J 

“  Criminal  Lunatics,”  in  the  House,  31st  March,  1851 ,  3 


Males. 

Females, 

,  Total. 

147 

121 

268 

69 

71 

140 

216 

192 

408 

66 

73 

139 

150 

119 

269 

12 

8 

20 

•  •  • 

271.12 

•  «  • 

267.50 

includ- 

•  •  • 

i  £11 

18  5 

«  •  • 

J 

12 

17  3 

•  •  t 

0 

18  10 

>1,  ... 

£3,232  :  2s. 

Males. 

Females.  Total. 

12 

4 

16 

5 


2 


7 


Table  II.  — Ages  of  the  140  Patients  admitted  during  the  Year. 


Under  20  Years, 

•  •• 

»«  • 

•  •  • 

Males. 

7 

Females. 

7 

Total. 

14 

From  20  to  30  Years, 

•  •  • 

•  •  • 

...  18 

14 

32 

“  30  to  40  “ 

•  •  • 

•  •  • 

9 

20 

29 

“  40  to  50  “ 

•  •  • 

•  •  • 

...  16 

12 

28 

“  50  to  60  “ 

•  •  ■ 

•  •  • 

13 

16 

29 

“  60  to  70  “ 

•  •  • 

•  •  • 

4 

2 

6 

“  70  to  80  “ 

•  •  • 

*»• 

2 

0 

2 

Totals,  ... 

•  •  • 

•  •  • 

•  •  • 

...  69 

71 

140 

Table  III.— Alleged  Causes  of  Insanity  in  the  140  Cases  Admitted  during 


the 

Year. 

Males. 

Females.  Total. 

Grief,  Disappointment,  Anxiety, 

•  •  • 

•  •• 

...  10 

11 

21 

Bodily  Ailments, 

•  •  • 

•  •  • 

7 

5 

12 

Intemperance, 

•  «  « 

•  ♦  * 

...  12 

1 

13 

Poverty  and  Distress  of  Times, 

•  •  • 

•  •  • 

0 

2 

2 

Flight,  ...  ...  ...  ... 

•  •  • 

3 

4 

7 

Paralysis, 

•  •  • 

•  •  • 

1 

0 

1 

Religious  Excitement,  ... 

•  •  • 

2 

0 

2 

Epilepsy, 

•  •  • 

•  0  o 

2 

0 

2 

Fear  of  Coming  to  Want, 

•  9  • 

0 

2 

2 

Puerperal, 

•  ♦  • 

•  •  • 

0 

2 

2 

Abuse  of  Mercury, 

•  •  • 

•  •  • 

2 

0 

2 

Injury  from  a  Fall, 

•  •  • 

•  •  • 

1 

0 

1 

Jealousy,  ...  ...  ... 

•  •  • 

•  •  • 

...  1 

1 

2 

Unknown  or  Hereditary, 

•  •  • 

•  •  • 

7 

12 

19 

Totally  Unknown, 

•  •  • 

•  •  • 

...  21 

31 

52 

Totals,  ...  ... 

•  •  • 

(  M 

...  69 

71 

140 

Table  IV.— Forms  of  Disease  in  the  ito  Cases  Admitted  during  the  Year. 

Males. 

Females. 

Total. 

Mama,  ...  ...  ...  ... 

•  *  • 

•  •  • 

...  35 

36 

71 

Monomania, 

•  •  • 

•  •  • 

...  28 

31 

59 

Dementia,... 

•  •  • 

•  •• 

...  6 

4 

10 

Totals, 

•  •  • 

•  •  • 

...  69 

71 

140 

Table  V.  — Religion  of  the  140  Cases  Admitted  during 

the  Year. 

Males. 

Females. 

Total. 

Established  Church  of  England  and  Ireland 

...  9 

23 

32 

Presbyterians  and  Protestant  Dissenters, 

•  00 

...  34 

24 

58 

Roman  Catholics,  ... 

•  ft 

•  •  • 

...  26 

24 

50 

Totals,  . 

•  •  • 

M* 

...  69 

71 

140 

8 


Table  VI.  — Social  Condition  of  the  140  Cases  Admitted  during  tlie  Year. 


Males. 

Females. 

Total. 

Married,  ... 

•  •  • 

•  04 

V  .. 

30 

30 

60 

Single, 

•  •  • 

0  0  ' 

•  •  • 

...  37 

34 

71 

Widowers  and  Widows, ... 

0  4  4 

0  0  0 

4  0  0 

...  2 

*7 

/ 

9 

Totals,  ... 

4  0  0 

4  0  0 

4  0  0 

69 

71 

140 

Table  VII.  — Occupation  of  the  140  Cases  Admitted  during  the  Year. 


Males.  Females.  Total. 


Auctioneer, 

•  •  « 

4  4  4 

4  4  4 

4  00 

4  0  4 

1 

0 

I 

Blacksmith, 

•  0  4 

4  4  4 

4  0  4 

4  4  0 

0  0  4 

1 

0 

1 

Carpenters, 

4  4  4 

4  0  4 

... 

2 

0 

2 

Coopers,  ... 

4  0  4 

4  0  0 

•  •  • 

2 

0 

2 

Currier,  ... 

0  0  4 

4  0  4 

4  4  0 

0  4  4 

1 

0 

1 

Domestic  Servants, 

4  0  4 

0 

13 

13 

Dressmaker, 

0  0  0 

•  •  • 

0 

1 

1 

Embroiderers,  ... 

4  0  0 

0  0  4 

•  •  • 

0 

3 

3 

Farmers, 

4  0  4 

0  0  0 

•  *  * 

13 

0 

13 

Flax-Dressers,  ... 

0  4  4 

4  0  0 

4  0  0 

•  •  • 

2 

0 

2 

Labourers, 

4  0  4 

13 

0 

13 

Mill- Workers,  ... 

•  04 

.40 

•  .  . 

0 

4 

4 

Musician, 

4  4  4 

1 

0 

1 

Nailer,  ... 

1 

0 

1 

Publicans, 

4  0  0 

4  4  0 

2 

1 

3 

Reedmaker, 

.4. 

1 

0 

1 

Sailor, 

•  4  4 

•  •  • 

l 

0 

1 

Sawyer,  ... 

0  4  4 

0  0  0 

4  0  0 

1 

0 

1 

Schoolmasters,  ... 

.04 

•  •  • 

2 

0 

2 

Sewers,  ... 

•  •  • 

0 

5 

5 

Shoemakers, 

4  4  0 

4  .  4 

5 

0 

5 

Shopkeepers, 

... 

4  0  4 

... 

2 

2 

4 

Soldier,  ... 

4  4  0 

... 

1 

0 

1 

Spinners, 

0  0  0 

4  4  4 

0 

4 

4 

Tailors,  ... 

0  0  4 

4  4  4 

4  4  4 

4 

0 

4 

Toll-Collector,  ... 

4  0  4 

0  0  4 

1 

0 

l 

Weavers,  ... 

4  4  4 

4  4  4 

4 

1 

5 

Wesleyan  Minister, 

4  4  4 

4  0  4 

000 

1 

0 

1 

Writing-Clerks, ... 

4  0  4 

4  4  4 

3 

0 

3 

Without  any  Occupation, 

0  0  0 

... 

4 

37 

41 

69  71  140 


Totals, 


9 


Table  VIII.  —  Degree  of  Education  in  the  140  Cases  Admitted  during  the  Year, 


Well  Educated,  ... 

t  i  * 

»*« 

•  •  • 

Males. 

4 

Females. 

0 

Total. 

4 

Can  Read  and  Write, 

•  •  • 

•  •  • 

a  a  a 

...  49 

22 

71 

Can  Read  only,... 

•  a  • 

•  •  * 

•  a  a 

10 

39 

49 

Totally  Uneducated, 

•  •  • 

•  •• 

a  a  a 

...  6 

10 

16 

Totals,  ... 

•  •  • 

•  •• 

...  69 

71 

140 

Table  IX.  — Ages  of  the  81 

Patients  Discharged  Recovered  during  the  Year. 

Under  20  Years, 

•  •  a 

•  •  • 

a  a  a 

Males. 

4 

Females.  Total. 

5  9 

From  20  to  30  Years,  ... 

•  •  • 

•  •  • 

a  a  a 

...  6 

6 

12 

“  30  to  40  “ 

•  •  • 

•  a  a 

•  a  • 

...  8 

14 

22 

“  40  to  50  “ 

•  •  • 

•  •  • 

a  a  a 

7 

13 

20 

“  50  to  60  “ 

.  •  • 

»  •  * 

a  a  a 

7 

9 

16 

“  60  to  70  “ 

a  •  • 

a  a  a 

1 

1 

2 

Totals,  ... 

•  •  • 

•  •  • 

a  a  a 

...  33 

48 

81 

Table  X.  — Causes  of  the  29  Deaths  which  Occurred  during  the  Year. 


Males.  Females.  Total. 


General  Debility, 
Dysentery, 

Disease  of  the  Chest,  ... 
Epilepsy, 

Cerebral  Disease, 
Maniacal  Exhaustion,  ... 
Hepatic  Disease, 
Delirium  Tremens, 
Apoplexy, 

Inanition, 

Paralysis, 

Atrophia, 

Totals,  ... 


4 

5 
0 
2 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
0 

19 


5 

0 

3 

0 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

1 

10 


9 

5 

3 

2 

2 

2 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

29 


“  DANGEROUS  LUNATICS.” 

Sixteen  of  this  class,  it  will  be  seen  in  the  “  General  State¬ 
ment,”  were  admitted  during  the  year — two  being  sent  in  from 

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County  Antrim  Jail;  and  fourteen  from  County  Down  Jail. 
The  Patients  coming  under  treatment  from  the  jails,  and  dis¬ 
tinguished  as  above  in  the  Act  of  1st  Viet.,  it  has  already  been 
stated  in  former  Reports,  have  not  committed  any  actual  offence 


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against  the  laws,  but  manifesting  symptoms  of  danger  either  to 
themselves  or  others  or  to  both,  have  been  placed  temporarily 
in  them,  in  due  course  of  law,  as  provided  by  1st  Viet.,  c.  27, 
until  they  could  be  transferred  to  an  Asylum.  It  would  be  very 
desirable,  however,  that  some  other  place  or  means  of  provid¬ 
ing  for  their  immediate  safety  could  be  had  recourse  to  than 
confining  them  in  jails,  even  for  one  day,  as  it  is  almost  needless 
to  observe,  that  a  prison  and  its  associations,  coupled  also  with  its 
unavoidable  rigour  and  austerity  of  discipline  in  its  every  act  and 
movement,  is  a  receptacle,  of  all  others,  the  least  suited  for  those 
who  are  the  subjects  of  so  afflictive  a  visitation  as  that  of  insanity. 

“  CRIMINAL  LUNATICS.” - OPENING  OF  CENTRAL  CRIMINAL 

LUNATIC  ASYLUM. 

In  last  year’s  Report  it  was  mentioned,  that  the  Central 
Asylum  at  Dundrum,  near  Dublin,  for  “  Criminal  Lunatics  ”  was 
soon  expected  to  be  in  operation.  Since  then  it  has  been  opened, 
and  in  the  month  of  September  last,  five  of  that  class  were 
transferred  to  it  from  this  Asylum,  one  male  and  four  females, 
leaving  still  three  males  and  three  females  to  be  removed  ;  one  of 
the  remaining  females,  however,  has  within  the  last  few  months 
obtained  a  free  discharge,  by  order  of  the  Lord-Lieutenant,  she 
having  been  in  perfect  mental  health  from  the  time  that  her 
inmateship  (in  1835)  commenced,  and  for  whose  liberation  the 
Board,  years  ago,  had,  from  the  peculiar  circumstances  of  her 
case,  strongly  memorialed  the  G  overnment,  but  without  any  avail 
until  lately,  when,  upon  a  renewed  application,  her  enlarge¬ 
ment  was  permitted,  and  for  obtaining  which  the  Commis¬ 
sioners  of  Lunatic  Asylums,  Drs.  White  and  Nugent,  afforded 
the  promptest  and  most  efficient  support. 

It  cannot  be  over-estimated  the  importance  it  is  to  these 
Institutions  to  be  relieved  from  the  ungracious  charge  of  crim¬ 
inal  inmates,  and  to  effect  which,  the  Governors  of  this  Asylum 
were  the  first  to  take  up  the  question,  and  unceasingly  to  keep 


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it  before  the  authorities,  until  ultimately  an  Act  of  the  Legis¬ 
lature  was  obtained,  in  1845,  empowering  Government  to 
establish  an  Asylum  exclusively  for  their  due  restraint  and 
treatment,  and  which,  being  now  in  operation,  will,  amongst 
other  good  effects,  remove  the  prison-like  character  which  the 
District  Asylums  sustained,  by  being  converted  into  places  of 
incarceration  for  their  confinement.  And,  now  that  a  precedent 
has  been  made  by  the  founding  of  a  Criminal  Asylum  in  Ireland, 
a  general  demand  is  making  for  one,  also,  in  Great  Britain, 
which,  for  the  welfare  of  such  important  institutions  as  the 
Public  Hospitals  for  the  Insane,  will,  it  is  hoped,  be  soon 
answered  by  placing  them  on  an  equal  footing,  in  this  respect, 
with  those  in  this  country. 

SUICIDAL,  &C.  CASES. 

Attempted  Suicide _ Fourteen — eight  males  and  six  females — 

of  the  cases  received  during  the  past  year,  attempted  suicide 
prior  to  being  admitted  into  the  Asylum,  and  by  the  following 
means  : — by  hanging ,  seven — four  males  and  three  females ;  by  ^ 
drowning ,  three  males ;  by  cutting  the  throat ,  two — one  male  and 
one  female  ;  by  stabbing ,  one  female  ;  by  precipitation  down  stairs , 
one  female. 

Suicidal  Propensity. — In  sixteen  of  the  admissions — eight  males 
and  eight  females — there  was  a  strong  propensity  towards  self-de¬ 
struction,  without  any  actual  attempt,  however,  having  been  made. 

Homicidal  Cases _ The  homicidal  cases  amounted  to  seven, 

all  males,  five  of  whom  were  homicidally  disposed  towards 
their  wives,  one  towards  his  children,  and  one  towards  his  sister 

Despaired  of  Salvation'. — Five  of  the  admissions — two  males 
and  three  females — were  in  this  most  wretched  and  unhappy  state. 

Feared  being  Murdered ,  fyc. — Six  males  and  three  females  had 

a  fear  of  being  murdered  ;  four — two  males  and  two  females — 

a  dread  of  being  poisoned  ;  and  one,  a  male,  was  very  desirous 

of  having  the  operation  of  beheading  performed  on  him. 

c 


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No  suicidal  casualty,  or  any  attempt  even  in  that  way,  happily 
occurred,  or  was  made,  by  any  of  the  Inmates  during  the  year. 

HEALTH. 

During  the  months  of  July  and  August,  dysentery  and 
diarrhoea,  of  a  very  aggravated  and  uncontrollable  character, 
prevailed  extensively  in  the  house,  principally  amongst  the 
males  of  recent  admission,  and  previously  debilitated  constitu¬ 
tions,  the  female  department  having  been  comparatively  free 
from  their  attacks  ;  with  this  exception,  however,  the  general 
health  of  the  Inmates  was,  it  has  thankfully  to  be  stated,  of  a 
very  satisfactory  character  throughout  the  remainder  of  the  year. 

NUMBERS  AT  PRESENT  IN  THE  HOUSE. 

The  number  of  Patients  at  present  in  the  House,  it  will  be 
observed,  is  nearly  equally  divided  between  the  two  Counties — 
that  for  Antrim  (including  the  separate  jurisdiction  of  the 
County  of  the  Town  of  Carrickfergus,  which  is  six — three 
males  and  three  females),  being  136  ;  and  for  Down,  133.  The 
^sexes,  too,  as  regards  Antrim,  are  pretty  equal,  being  67  males 
and  63  females.  In  Down,  however,  the  disproportion  is  rather 
considerable,  viz .  80  males  and  53  females. 

DEATHS. 

The  deaths  during  the  year  were  twenty-nine — twenty-two 
males  and  seven  females — being  about  seven  per  cent,  on  the 
total  number  under  treatment,  and  which,  compared  with  last 
year,  was  a  great  diminution,  forty-three  having  then  occurred. 
The  periods  of  inmateship  of  the  deceased  were  as  follow : — 
between  ten  and  twenty  years,  two ;  between  one  and  ten 
years,  seven ;  between  six  and  twelve  months,  four ;  between 
one  and  six  months,  eight ;  under  one  month,  eight.  The 
ages  were,  viz.  from  sixty  to  seventy,  four ;  fifty  to  sixty, 
seven  ;  forty  to  fifty,  seven  ;  thirty  to  forty,  six ;  twenty  to 
thirty,  five.  The  oldest  and  youngest  respectively,  amongst  the 
males,  were  sixty-four  and  twenty-one ;  do.  amongst  the  females, 


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sixty-eight  and  twenty-five.  The  average  age  of  all  was  within 
a  fractional  part  of  being  forty-four  years.  The  causes  of  death 
will  be  found  in  Table  X. 

ACCOMMODATION. 

Under  this  head  the  same  report  may  be  made  as  last  year, 
viz.  its  insufficiency  for  males,  a  number  of  whom  could  not  be 
received,  owing  to  that  department  of  the  Institution  being 
already  overcrowded — fifteen  now  waiting  for  admission  as 
vacancies  arise. 

ADDITIONAL  BUILDINGS. 

During  the  past  year,  the  Board  again  urged  upon  the  attention 
of  Government,  the  necessity  there  existed  of  new  domestic 
offices  being  erected,  and  other  requisite  improvements  pro¬ 
vided  for,  which  the  greatly  increased  amount  of  Inmates  so 
imperatively  demanded ;  but  matters  remained  without  any  ad¬ 
vance  'being  made  in  the  accomplishment  of  so  important  an 
object  until  within  the  last  month,  when,  at  the  renewed  solici¬ 
tation  of  the  Governors,  instructions  were  issued  by  the  Lord- 
Lieutenant  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  Board  of  Public  Works, 
to  take  immediate  steps  for  carrying  into  effect  what  the 
pressing  wants  of  the  Asylum  required  ;  and,  accordingly,  the 
Commissioners,  with  the  sanction  of  the  Lords  of  the  Treasury, 
directed  C.  Lanyon,  Esq.,  C.E.,  to  make  out  plans*  for  an  exten¬ 
sion  of  accommodation  generally,  and  who  is  now  engaged  in  their 
preparation,  with  the  view  of  submitting  them  for  the  approval  of 
the  Commissioners,  which  gives  reasonable  hope  to  expect,  that 
the  long  desiderated  work  of  improvement,  in  the  several  depart- 

*  According  to  them,  it  is  proposed  to  extend  the  present  frontage  at  each 
extremity  — east  and  west— so  as  to  afford  accommodation  for  eighty  additional 
Inmates — forty  of  each  sex  ;  an  increase  which,  it  is  calculated,  will  sufficiently 
meet  the  immediate  and  future  wants  of  the  district  for  some  time  to  come.  A 
new  laundry  and  kitchen,  with  other  household  offices,  and  increased  accommo¬ 
dation  for  the  Resident  Physician,  &c.  are  intended  to  be  provided  for,  besides 
workshops,  infirmaries,  bath-rooms,  and  the  like. 


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merits  of  tlie  Institution,  will  soon  be  actively  undertaken,  and 
completed  in  a  permanently  useful  and  satisfactory  manner  ; 
and  at  the  same  time,  that  measures  will  be  adopted  to  provide  for 
the  due  ventilation  and  heating  of  the  Establishment,  which  is 
a  point  of  paramount  importance  in  such  an  Institution  ;  as  well 
as,  that  the  existing  building  itself  will  be  put  into  as  complete 
order  as  may  be,  and  which  could  now  be  more  advantageously 
and  economically  carried  into  effect  as  part  of  a  whole,  than  as  a 
distinct  and  separate  piece  of  work. 

RECOVERIES — GENERAL  TRE  ATMENT - RESTRAINT. 

The  proportion  of  recoveries,  during  the  past  year,  Avas  as 
favourable  and  satisfactory  as  in  former  years,  averaging  nearly 
thirty  per  cent,  on  the  daily  number  (including  new  and  old 
cases)  under  treatment,  and  sixty,  if  calculated  upon  the  new 
and  more  recent  cases.  As  to  the  general  treatment,  it  will 
be  sufficient  to  repeat,  that  it  consists,  as  usual,  in  employing 
the  Patients  as  largely  as  possible  in  such  avocations  as  are 
most  agreeable  to  their  own  feelings,  and  previous  habits  and 
pursuits,  besides  providing  them  with  every  reasonable  indul¬ 
gence.  That  the  employment  is  of  a  varied  nature,  a  refer¬ 
ence  to  Table  XIV.  will  fully  shew.  The  cases  of  turbu¬ 
lent  and  destructively  disposed  Patients  requiring  to  be  placed 
under  mechanical  restraint,  with  the  humane  view  alone  of 
protecting  and  preventing  them  from  inflicting  injury  upon 
themselves  or  others,  were  comparatively  few,  as  usual,  and,  for 
the  most  part,  confined  to  the  females,  who  are  invariably  the 
most  difficult  to  manage  and  control,  be  their  derangement  of 
what  species  it  may. 

patients’  work. 

On  looking  at  the  detailed  statement  of  the  work  executed 
by  the  Patients  (see  Table  XXII.),  it  will  be  seen  that  it  was 
by  no  means  inconsiderable  ;  but,  in  addition  to  what  is  stated 
in  the  table  of  work  done,  all  the  repairs  of  clothing,  &c.  are 


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executed  by  the  Inmates,  male  and  female,  and  no  tailoring  work 
lias  been  done  outside  the  Institution  for  a  lengthened  period 
past,  which  has  been  productive  of  a  large  amount  of  saving. 

DEATHS  OF  GOVERNORS. 

Since  last  year,  two  of  the  Board  of  Governors  have  been 
removed  by  death,  James  Watson,  Esq.  of  Brookhill,  who 
had  been  appointed  in  1842;  and  John  Dunville,  Esq.  ap¬ 
pointed  in  1847,  a  gentleman,  whose  attendance  at  the  stated 
meetings  of  the  Governors  was  most  regular,  and  who  always 
took  a  very  warm  interest  in  the  welfare  of  the  Institution. 

OFFICIAE  INSPECTIONS. 

The  Asylum  was  inspected  twice  during  the  year  by  Dr. 
White,  one  of  the  Government  Commissioners  of  Lunatic 
Asylums,  who,  on  both  occasions,  expressed  his  entire  satisfaction, 
as  the  Board  is  aware,  with  its  general  condition. 

Having  made  the  foregoing  report,  the  Resident  Physician 
desires,  in  conclusion,  to  repeat  his  thanks  to  the  Board  for  their 
continued  approval  of  the  conduct  of  the  Institution,  and  the 
invaluable  support  they  have  always  afforded  him  in  the  dis¬ 
charge  of  his  duties.  To  Drs.  M‘Cormac  and  Mueiioeland 
his  warmest  acknowledgments  are  also  due  for  their  kind  co¬ 
operation  in  carrying  out  the  benevolent  objects  of  the  Asylum, 
both  these  gentlemen  fulfilling  their  respective  duties  most  ably 
and  humanely. 

ROBERT  STEWART, 
Resident  logician. 

Belfast  District  Asylum,) 

March,  31,  1851.  ) 


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APPENDIX, 


GENERAL  TABLES  OF  STATISTICS,  &c. 


Table  XI.— Shewing  the  Admissions,  Discharges,  &c.  during  the  Year  ending 

31st  March,  1851. 


Males.  Females.  Total.  Males. 

Females. 

Total. 

In  Asylum,  1st  April,  1850, 

•  •  • 

•  •  • 

...  147 

121 

268 

Admitted  from  do.  to  31st  March,  185 

1,68 

66 

134 

Re  admitted,  having  Relapsed, 

1 

5 

6 

- 69 

71 

140 

Totals, . 

•  •  • 

•  •  • 

...  216 

192 

408 

Discharged,  Recovered, 

33 

48 

81 

Do.  Relieved,  ... 

11 

18 

29 

- 44 

66 

110 

13 1 6  d  •  t(«  •••  •••  ••• 

•  •  • 

•  •  • 

22 

7 

29 

Remaining  in  Asylum,  31st  March, 

1851, 

...  150 

1 19 

269 

Totals,  ••• 

•  •  • 

•  •  • 

...  216 

192 

408 

Table  XII.  —  Shewing  the  Admissions,  Discharges, 

&c.  from 

each  County  in 

the  District,  during  the  Year  ending  31st  March,  1851. 


Admitted  fkom  each  County. 

Males. 

Females.  Total. 

Antrim,  ... 

•••  •••  •••  •••  ••• 

•  •  • 

34 

44 

78 

Down, 

•  ••  •••  • • i  •••  •  • • 

•  •  • 

34 

26 

60 

County  of  the 

Town  of  Carrickfergus, 

•  •  • 

1 

1 

2 

Totals,  •••  •••  •••  ••• 

•  •  • 

69 

71 

140 

Discharged,  &c.  to  each  County. 

Males. 

Females.  Total. 

Antrim,  ... 

•  •  •  •  •  •  •••  •••  •  •  • 

•  •  • 

37 

36 

73 

Down, 

M  •  •••  •••  •  C  •  ••• 

•  •  9 

29 

36 

65 

County  of  the  Town  of  Carrickfergus, 

•  •  • 

0 

1 

1 

Totals,  •••  •••  » •«  ••• 

•  •  • 

66 

*73 

139 

Remaining  in  Asylum,  31st  March, 

1851. 

Males. 

F  emales. 

Total. 

Antrim,  ... 

•  •••  •••  •••  t  M 

w  •  • 

67 

63 

130 

Down, 

•  •  •  •••  IM  It*  ••• 

•  •  • 

80 

53 

133 

County  of  the  Town  of  Carrickfergus, 

•  •  • 

3 

3 

6 

Totals,  ... 

150 

119 

269 

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Table  XIII.  —  Shewing  the  Per  Centages  of  Discharges  and  Deaths,  and  the 
Average  Per  Centage,  calculated  on  the  Average  Number  of  Patients,  for 
Thirteen  Years,  ending  31st  March,  1851. 


Years, 

ending 

Slst 

March. 

Yearly- 

Average 

Number. 

Recovered. 

Relieved. 

Died. 

No.  of 
Cases. 

Rate 

Per  Cent. 

No.  of 
Cases. 

Rate 

Per  Cent. 

No.  of 
Cases. 

Rate 

Per  Cent. 

1839 

194-13 

58 

29-87 

7 

3-60 

16 

8-24 

1840 

217-35 

55 

25-30 

5 

2-30 

28 

12-88 

1841 

244-67 

64 

26-15 

9 

3-67 

24 

9-80 

1842 

246-80 

72 

29-17 

11 

4-45 

27 

10-94 

1843 

249-44 

90 

36-08 

13 

5-21 

18 

7-21 

1844 

253-15 

69 

27-25 

13 

5-13 

21 

8-29 

1845 

258-83 

68 

26-36 

21 

8-14 

40 

15-50 

1846 

252-18 

61 

24-19 

14 

5*55 

24 

9-51 

1847 

254-96 

60 

23-53 

22 

8-62 

27 

10-58 

1848 

262-56 

81 

30-85 

15 

5-71 

47 

17-90 

1849 

271-32 

69 

25-43 

14 

5-16 

30 

1105 

1850 

267-51 

50 

18-68 

22 

8-22 

43 

16-07 

1851 

271-12 

1 

81 

29-87 

29 

10-69 

29 

10-69 

Table  XIV.  —  Employment. 


Males. 

Females.  Total. 

Cultivating  the  Ground, 

•  •  •  •  •  • 

•  •  • 

70 

0 

70 

Weaving,  Winding,  and  Warping, 

• • • 

•  •  • 

14 

0 

14 

Making  and  Repairing  Shoes,  ... 

•  •  •  •  •  • 

•  »• 

5 

0 

5 

Pumping  Water, 

•  It  •  •  0 

»  •  • 

10 

0 

10 

Tailoring, 

•••  •  •• 

•  •  • 

4 

0 

4 

Sweeping  YTirds,  Carrying  Coals, 

•  •  •  •  1  • 

•  •  • 

14 

0 

14 

Breaking  Freestone,  &c., 

•  •  •  •  •  • 

•  •  • 

6 

0 

6 

Smith  Work,  ...  ...  ... 

•  •  •  Mt 

•  M 

2 

0 

2 

Painting, 

•  •  •  III 

•  1  1 

1 

0 

1 

Basket-Making, 

•  •  •  •• • 

•  •  • 

1 

0 

1 

Spinning, 

*  •  •  •  •  • 

•  •  • 

0 

20 

20 

Knitting, 

•  •  •  •  •  • 

•  •  o 

0 

16 

16 

Making  and  Repairing  Clothing,  Bedding,  &c., 

•  •  • 

0 

20 

20 

Embroidering,  ... 

•  •  •  •  0 

•  •  • 

0 

3 

3 

Quilting, 

•  •  •  *11 

•  M 

0 

2 

2 

Washing  in  Laundry,  ... 

•  •  •  •  •  • 

•  •  9 

0 

16 

16 

Assisting  Servants, 

•  •  •  •  •  • 

•  •  • 

0 

12 

12 

Totals,  ... 

•  t  •  &  •  • 

•  •• 

127 

89 

216 

18 


Table  XV.  — Forms  of  Disease  of  the  Total  Number  of  Patients  Remaining  in 


Mania, 

Do.  Complicated  with  Epilepsy, 
Monomania,  ...  ... 

Dementia, 

Congenital  Idiocy, 

Totals,  ... 


Males. 

Females. 

Total. 

...  107 

78 

185 

•  ii  o 

6 

11 

...  18 

20 

38 

...  17 

15 

32 

...  3 

0 

3 

...  150 

119 

269 

Table  XVI.-  Shewing  the  State  of  the  Cases  Remaining  in  the  Asylum,  31st 

March,  1851.  „  ,  m  A  , 

Males.  Females.  Total. 

Convalescent,  and  considered  Curable,  .  40  46  86 

Considered  Chronic  or  Incurable  Cases  from  Chronic 
Mania,  Epilepsy,  &c. 


Totals, 


110 

150 


73 

119 


183 

269 


Table  XVII.  — Shewing  the  Duration  of  Disease  in  the  139  Patients  who  were 
Discharged  Recovered  and  Relieved,  and  who  Died,  during  the  Year. 


Recovered  and 
Relieved. 

Died. 

Males. 

Females. 

Total. 

Males. 

Females. 

Total 

Under  3  Months,  ... 

10 

6 

16 

4 

0 

4 

From  3  to  6  Months, 

4 

12 

16 

4 

1 

5 

“  6  to  12  “ 

3 

10 

13 

4 

1 

5 

“  1  to  2  Years, 

12 

12 

24 

2 

1 

3 

“  2  to  5  “ 

9 

14 

23 

3 

2 

5 

“  5  to  10  “ 

3 

8 

11 

3 

1 

4 

“  10  to  20  “ 

3 

3 

6 

2 

1 

3 

Above  20  Years, 

hi 

0 

1 

1 

'  0 

0 

0 

Totals, 

•  •  * 

44 

66 

110 

22 

7 

29 

Table  XVIII.  —  Shewing  the  Religious  Persuasions  of  the  269  Patients  Re¬ 
maining  in  the  Asylum,  on  the  31st  day  of  March,  1851. 


Males. 

Females. 

Total. 

Established  Church  of  England  and  Ireland, 

...  30 

37 

67 

Presbyterians  and  Protestant  Dissenters, 

...  69 

36 

105 

RomRii  Catholics,  •••  •••  ••• 

...  51 

46 

97 

Totals,  •••  •••  •••  ••• 

...  150 

119 

269 

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Table  XIX.  —  Ages  of  the  289  Patients  Remaining  in  the  Asylum,  on  31st 

March,  1851. 


Under  20  Years, 

•  •  * 

- 7 - 

•  •  • 

•  •  « 

Males. 

3 

Females.  Total. 

3  6 

From  20  to  30  Years,  ... 

•  •  • 

•  •  • 

•  •  • 

25 

22 

47 

“  30  to  40 

cc 

•  #  • 

•  •  • 

...  37 

29 

66 

“  40  to  50 

cc 

•  •  • 

...  35 

32 

67 

“  50  to  60 

cc 

•  9  • 

• « • 

...  33 

23 

56 

“  60  to  70 

cc 

♦  •  ♦ 

««« 

13 

9 

22 

“  70  to  80 

u 

•  • « 

•  •  • 

4 

1 

5 

Totals,  ... 

•  •  o 

•  o  • 

•  •  • 

...  150 

119 

269 

Table  XX.  —  Shewing  the  Duration  of  Residence  in  the  Asylum,  of  the  269 
Patients  Remaining  under  Treatment,  31st  March,  1851. 


F  rom 

l  Week  to  1  Month, 

Males. 

4 

Females. 

1 

Total. 

5 

u 

1  to  2  Months, 

5 

0 

5 

« 

2  to  3  “  . 

2 

5 

7 

cc 

3  to  6  u 

6 

3 

9 

cc 

6  to  9  “  . 

4 

5 

9 

cc 

9  Months  to  1  Year, 

5 

6 

11 

Cl 

1  Year  to  18  Months,  ... 

10 

14 

24 

cc 

18  Months  to  2  Years,  ... 

6 

6 

12 

cc 

2  to  4  Years,  ... 

19 

24 

43 

cc 

4  to  6  ^  ...  ...  ...  ...  ... 

10 

10 

20 

cc 

6  to  10  “ 

22 

20 

42 

cc 

10  to  15  “  ...  .^. 

28 

18 

46 

Cl 

15  to  20  “ 

13 

3 

16 

cc 

20  to  22  “  . .  . 

16 

4 

20 

1  OTALS,  ...  ...  ...  ...  ... 

150 

119 

269 

Table  XXI.— Shewing  the  Period  of  Time  the  81  Patients  Discharged  Recovered 

were  under  Treatment. 

Under  3  Months, 

Males. 

12 

Females. 

13 

Total. 

25 

From 

3  to  6  Pdonths,  ... 

1  1 

16 

27 

cc 

6  to  12  “ 

2 

8 

10 

n 

1  to  2  Years, 

7 

6 

13 

Cl 

2  to  5  “  . 

1 

3 

4 

cc 

5  to  10  “ 

0 

1 

1 

cc 

10  to  20  “ 

0 

1 

1 

Totals,  ...  ...  ...  ...  ... 

33 

48 

81 

T> 


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Table  XXII.  —  Shewing  the  Articles  Manufactured  and  Made  by  the  Patients 

during  the  Year. 


2259  Hanks  Linen  Yarn. 

100  Hanks  Thread. 

1318  Yards  Plain  Linen. 

101  Yards  Twilled  Linen. 

09  Yards  Gingham. 

102  Yards  Diaper. 

133  Yards  Chequer. 

102  Pairs  Stockings  and  Socks. 
20  Pairs  Leather  Shoes. 

20  Pairs  do.  Soled  and  Heeled. 
82  Pairs  List  do. 

03  Pairs  Sheets. 

85  Men’s  Jackets. 


79  Pairs  Trowsers. 
72  Vests. 

145  Shirts. 

198  Shifts. 

144  Aprons. 

50  Petticoats. 

33  Wrappers. 

149  Day  Caps. 

50  Handkerchiefs. 
22  Bolsters. 

48  Pillow  Slips. 

37  Bed  Ticks. 

20  Gowns. 


An  Account  of  Receipts  and  Disbursements  of  the  Belfast  District  Asylum,  for  One  Year,  being  from 

1st  April,  1850,  to  31st  March,  1851. 


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DIETARY 

OF  THE 

BELFAST  DISTRICT  ASYLUM  FOR  THE  INSANE. 


BREAKFAST. 

One  quart  stirabout,  and  three-fourths  of  a  pint  mixed  1 


Males. 


1 


milk ,  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  j 

One-and-half  pint  stirabout,  and  one-half  pint  mixed  ) 

...  [  Females. 

Ill  liK^  •  •  •  •  •  •  •••  •••  •••  •••/ 


Every 

Morning. 


DINNER. 

One-half  pound  loaf  bread  (or  3  lbs.  potatoes),  six"!  Males  &!  One  day 
ounces  solid  meat,  an<3  one  pint  soup,  ...  ...j  Females. j  a- week. 


One-half  pound  loaf  bread  (or  3  lbs.  potatoes),  and  one  a 

quart  soup  (made  with  ox  heads,  vegetables,  oatmeal,  l  Males. 

barley,  and  pease),  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...J 

One-half  pound  loaf  bread  (or  3  lbs.  potatoes),  and  one") 

r  Females. 

and  half-pint  soup,  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  J 

Three-fourths  of  a  pound  loaf  bread  (or  3|  lbs.  pota-Y 

\  Males. 

r,  ...  ...  ...  J  { 


Five  days 
a-week. 


toes),  and  one  pint  mixed  milk. 


One  day 


One-half  pound  loaf  bread  (or  3  lbs.  potatoes),  and  one!  j  a-week. 

[  Females,  i 

pint  mixed  milk,  ...  ...  ...  ...  ...  J  j 


SUPPER. 

One-half  pound  loaf  bread,  and  three-fourths  of  a  pint! 


mixed  milk,  ... 


r*  Males. 


One-half  pound  loaf  bread  and  one-half  pint  mixed! 

...  r*  Females. 

mu  •••  •••  •  •  i  •  m  •  •  •  ••• 

One  quart  stirabout,  and  three-fourths  of  a  pint  new! 

milk  l  Males. 

One-and  -  half  pint  stirabout,  and  one  -  half  pint  new! 

milk  i  Females- 

•••  •••  •••  •••  •  •  • 


Summer 
6  months. 


Winter 

Gmonths. 


***  Convalescent  Patients  who  are  actively  employed,  are  allowed  a  portion  of  meat,  in 
addition  to  the  soup,  five  days  in  the  week.  When  the  state  of  the  patients’  health  requires 
it,  the  diet  is  changed  accordingly,  and  any  other  substituted  that  may  be  considered  requisite 
by  the  Medical  Officers. 


24 


REPORTS  RECEIVED. 

The  following  Reports  were  received  during  the  past  year. 

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IRISH. 

1.  Carlow  District  Lunatic  Asylum ,  seventeenth  annual  report,  1850,  pp.  15, 

— M.  E.  White,  A.M.,  M.D.,  J.P.,  Resident  Physician. 

2.  Clonmel  District  Lunatic  Asylum,  annual  report,  1850,  pp.  16., — James 

Flynn,  M.D.,  T.C.D.,  Resident  Physician. 

3.  Maryborough  District  Lunatic  Asylum,  nineteenth  annual  report,  1850, 

sheet, — William  Abbott,  Manager. 

4.  Waterford  District  Lunatic  Asylum,  half-yearly  report,  May,  1850, 

sheet, — John  Dobbs,  Manager. 

ENGLISH. 

.  .  1 f  XI  ,  -  .  i 

5.  Bethlehem  Royal  Hospital,  general  annual  report,  1849,  pp.  73, — 

E.  T.  Munro,  M.D.,  and  A.  Morrison,  Knt.,  M.D.,  Physicians. 

6.  Cheshire  Lunatic  Asylum,  annual  report,  1849,  sheet, — Frederick  Fitch, 

i  ./ 

M.D.,  Resident  Medical  Superintendent. 

7.  Cumberland  and  Westmoreland  Asylum,  at  Dunston-Lodge,  annual  re¬ 

port,  1850,  pp.  19, — T.  S.  Rowe,  M.D.,  Resident  Physician. 

8.  Gloucester  County  Lunatic  Asylum,  annual  report,  1849,  pp.  30, — W. 

Williams,  M.D.,  F.L.S.,  Resident  Physician. 

9.  Kent  County  Lunatic  Asylum,  at  Maidstone,  report  for  year  ending  July 

1850,  pp.  18,— James  E.  Huxley,  M.D.,  Resident  Medical  Officer 
and  Superintendent. 

10.  Lancaster  County  Lunatic  Asylum,  annual  report,  June  1850,  pp.  11, — 

John  Broadhurst,  M.R.C.S.  Eng.',  Surgeon  and  Superintendent. 

11.  Lincoln  Lunatic  Asylum ,  annual  report,  1849,  pp.  61, — F.  D.  Walsh, 

House  Surgeon. 

12.  Nottingham  General  Lunatic  Asylum ,  fortieth  annual  report,  Decem¬ 

ber  1850,  sheet, — J.  S.  Alderson,  M.R.C.S.  Eng.,  Resident  Medical 
Superintendent. 

13.  Oxfordshire  Lunatic  Asylum,  annual  report,  December  1850,  pp.  33, — 

William  Ley,  M.R.C.S.  Eng.,  Medical  Officer  and  Superintendent. 

14.  Somerset  County  Lunatic  Asylum,  second  and  third  reports,  December, 

1849  and  1850,  pp.  56  and  55, — Robert  Boyd,  M.D.,  Superintendent. 

15.  Staffordshire  General  Lunatic  Asylum,  thirty-second  annual  report, 

December  1850,  sheet, — Mr.  Wilkes,  M.R.C.S.  Eng.,  Resident  Medical 
Superintendent. 

rtjolftO  Osoibotf.  v.? 


25 


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IG.  Suffolk  Lunatic  Asylum,  thirteenth  annual  report,  December  1850/  pp. 
29, — John  Kirkman,  M.D.,  Resident  Physician. 

17.  Surrey  Lunatic  Asylum,  eighth  annual  report,  December  1849,  pp.  73, 

— Charles  Snape  and  A.  W.  Diamond,  Resident  Medical  Officers. 

18.  Warneford  Hospital  for  the  Insane,  at  Oxford,  twenty-fourth  annual 

report,  December  1850,  sheet, —  F.  T.  Wintle,  M.D.,  Resident 
Medical  Superintendent 

19.  York.  ( Friends’ )  Retreat,  fifty-fourth  annual  report,  June  1850,  pp.  32, 

— J.  Kitching,  Medical  Superintendent. 

20.  Yorkshire  Lunatic  Asylum  for  North  and  East  Ridings,  third  annual 

report,  December  1849,  pp.  28, — Samuel  Hill,  M.R.C.S.  Eng.,  Me¬ 
dical  Superintendent. 

SCOTCH. 

21.  Aberdeen  Lunatic  Asylum,  annual  report,  April  1850,  pp.  28, — J.  F. 

Ogilvie,  M.D.,  Resident  Medical  Officer  and  Superintendent. 

22.  Crichton  Royal  Institution  for  Lunatics,  at  Dumfries,  eleventh  annual 

report,  November  1850,  pp.  46, —  W.  A.  F.  Browne,  M.D.,  Resident 
Physician. 

23.  Dundee  Royal  Asylum  for  Lunatics,  thirtieth  annual  report,  June  1850, 

pp.  34, — T.  F.  Wingett,  M.D.,  Medical  Superintendent. 

24.  Edinburgh  Royal  Asylum  for  the  Insane,  annual  report,  December  1849, 

— D.  Skae,  M.D.,  Physician  (Resident.)— Also,  “  The  Morningside 
Mirror”  (Monthly  periodical),  conducted  by  inmates  of  do. 

25.  Glasgow  Royal  Asylum  for  Lunatics,  thirty-sixth  annual  report,  Decem¬ 

ber  1849,  pp.  27, — Alexander  Mackintosh,  M.D.,  Physician  and  Su¬ 
perintendent. — Also,  Rules  and  Regulations  of  do.,  pp.  43. 

27.  Perth  ( James  Murray's )  Royal  Asylum,  twenty-third  annual  report, 
June  1850,  pp.  16, — Paul  Pierides,  M.D.,  Resident  Medical  Officer. 


AMERICAN  AND  CONTINENTAL. 

28.  Eastern  Asylum ,  Virginia,  U.S.A.,  annual  report,  1849,  pp.  38, — John 

M.  Galt,  M.D.,  Resident  Physician  and  Superintendent. 

29.  Netherlands’  Lunatic  Asylums,  Government  Inspectors’  Report,  1848. 

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