Annual report of the trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester . is important, therefore, that the patient should at once beconfided to the care of a hospital designed for the special treat-ment of his malady. The table also shows that so large a proportion as one hun-dred and ninety-nine were committed by the probate courts ofthe several counties, thus making the commitment of thepatients a legal, open, fair arrangement in a large majority ofcases. Of tlie eighty-six persons who were admitted on bonds,proper certificates from physicians accompanied the bonds,except in a few cases, w
Annual report of the trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester . is important, therefore, that the patient should at once beconfided to the care of a hospital designed for the special treat-ment of his malady. The table also shows that so large a proportion as one hun-dred and ninety-nine were committed by the probate courts ofthe several counties, thus making the commitment of thepatients a legal, open, fair arrangement in a large majority ofcases. Of tlie eighty-six persons who were admitted on bonds,proper certificates from physicians accompanied the bonds,except in a few cases, when the patient voluntarily sought thecare and protection of the hospital. Of the one hundred andninety-nine committed by the courts, one hundred and twenty-six were supported by the charity of the State. Of this class,one hundred and fifty-four were discharged, leaving onehundred and one in the hospital at the close of the year. 20 LUNATIC HOSPITAL AT WORCESTER. [Oct. Table No. 3, Shoiuing the Nmnber Admitted, Restored, Improved, Died, S^^c, in each Month in the Table No. 4, Showing the form of Disease in those Admitted and Discharged during the year. Admitted. DiSCHAKGED. FOKM OF DISEASE. a s o 1^ 3o El Mania, Chronic, with Epilepsy, with general Paralysis,Melancholia, ....Dementia, .... Senile, with Epilepsy, . with general Paralysis,Monomania of Fear, of Pride, . * .of Suspicion, 63 13 7 6 19 20 1 4 9 7 5 70 26 4 1 17 9 52 133 3911 73629149 127 56 30 5 4 19 18 6 106553 59 37 3 211423142 1 115 6784 40 328 137974 Totals, . . 154 134 288 167 147 314 1867.] PUBLIC DOCUMENTâNo. 22. 21 Table No. 5. Supposed Causes of Insanity of Patients admitted into the Hospitalfrom January 18, 1833, to September 30,1866. 186T. Pkeviouslt. CAUSES. Males. Females. Males. Females. Apoplexy, _ _ 1 2 Asthma, . â â 1 â Bronchitis, - - - 1 Bowels, Disease of, . - - 1 - Cancer, . . - â â 1 Chorea, .... - - - 3 Constipation, . - - 1 - - Convulsions, . - - 1 10 12 Dysentery, - - . 2 2 Dyspe
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