Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1874 – No. 10

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✨ Asylum Statistics



Auckland Provincial Government Gazette.

TABLE No. 2.

SHOWING THE ADMISSIONS, DISCHARGES, DEATHS, &c.,
WITH THE MEAN ANNUAL MORTALITY AND PROPORTION OF RECOVERIES PER CENT. FOR EACH YEAR SINCE JANUARY 1st, 1867.

Admissions Discharges Deaths Remaining on 31st December in each year Daily average number Resident Percentage of Recoveries on year's admissions Percentage of Deaths on total number treated
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male
Brought forward 17 13 30 14 7 21 5 1 6 45
1867 15 9 24 11 6 17 3 2 5 51
1868 24 16 40 15 7 22 3 5 8 61
1869 33 17 50 24 10 34 2 6 8 61
1870 46 16 62 27 10 37 5 5 10 75
1871 57 22 79 39 12 51 9 3 12 83
1872 32 19 51 22 13 35 3 5 8 125
1 ’73 36 22 58 20 12 32 2 9 11 90

*The new Asylum was occupied on the 8th of March, 1867, from which this register of patients dates.

TABLE No. 3.

AGES OF PATIENTS ADMITTED IN 1873.

Age Males Females
20 to 25 8 6
25 to 30 9 3
30 to 35 8 3
35 to 40 2 1
40 to 45 4 4
45 to 50 3 2
50 to 60 5 2
60 to 70 2 1
Total 36 22

TABLE No. 4.

ALLEGED CAUSES OF INSANITY IN 58 CASES ADMITTED IN 1873.

Causes Males Females
Destitution 1 1
Disappointed affection - 1
Domestic affliction - 6
Congenital i.e. Idiocy 3 2
Hereditary - 5
Injury to the head 2 1
Intemperance 5 3
Epilepsy 3 -
Puerperal - 3
General paresis 2 -
Old age 2 -
Unknown 18 -
Total 36 22

TABLE No. 5.

FORM OF DISEASE IN 58 PATIENTS ADMITTED IN 1873.

Form of Disease Males Females
Mania 15 8
Melancholia 6 5
Mania epileptic 3 -
General paresis 2 -
Dementia including idiocy 5 8
Puerperal mania - 1
Delirium é Potû 5 -
Total 36 22


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🏥 General Statement of Admissions, Discharges, and Deaths During the Year 1873 (continued from previous page)

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Admissions, Discharges, Deaths, Statistics, Asylum, Patients

🏥 Ages of Patients Admitted in 1873

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🏥 Alleged Causes of Insanity in 58 Cases Admitted in 1873

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Causes, Insanity, Statistics, Asylum

🏥 Form of Disease in 58 Patients Admitted in 1873

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Disease, Statistics, Asylum