✨ Asylum Patient Statistics
56 Auckland Provincial Government Gazette.
TABLE No. 10.
AGES OF 138 PATIENTS REMAINING DECEMBER 31, 1873.
| Age Range | Males | Females |
|---|---|---|
| From 20 to 30 | 21 | 14 |
| 30 to 40 | 26 | 11 |
| 40 to 50 | 27 | 13 |
| 50 to 60 | 13 | 6 |
| 60 to 70 | 3 | 2 |
| 70 to 80 | — | 2 |
| Total | 90 | 48 |
TABLE No. 11.—(OBITUARY.)
FORMS OF MENTAL AND BODILY DISEASE OCCURRING IN THIRTEEN CASES WHICH TERMINATED FATALLY IN 1873.
| No. | Form of Mental Disease | Form of Bodily Disease | Age | Died | Days resident | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acute mania, | male | Disease of Brain | 41 | 24th January | 971 |
| 2 | Dementia, | „ | Exhaustion | 51 | 21st April | 517 |
| 3 | Dementia Senilis, | „ | „ | 65 | 3rd May | 1288 |
| 4 | Dementia, | „ | Disease of Brain | 41 | 4th June | 983 |
| 5 | Chronic Mania, | „ | Exhaustion | 59 | 9th June | 540 |
| 6 | Dementia Senilis, | „ | „ | 73 | 3rd August | 17 |
| 7 | Melancholia Suicidal, | „ | Disease of Heart | 42 | 4th August | 18 |
| 8 | Chronic Mania, | „ | Apoplexy | 62 | 12th August | 403 |
| 9 | Dementia, | „ | „ | 28 | 24th September | 105 |
| 10 | Chronic Mania, | „ | Phueritic Effusion | 44 | 22nd December | 1301 |
| 11 | Melancholia, | „ | Aneurism of Aorta | 33 | 28th December | 45 |
| 12 | Melancholia, | female | Disease of Brain | 29 | 12th May | 244 |
| 13 | Dementia Senilis, | „ | Exhaustion | 69 | 23rd November | 330 |
A Coroner’s Inquest was held in every case, and a post mortem examination held in eleven (11) cases.
TABLE No. 12.
PREVIOUS OCCUPATION OF 58 CASES ADMITTED IN 1873.
| Occupation | Males | Females |
|---|---|---|
| Bootmaker | 1 | — |
| Bushmen | 2 | — |
| Billiardmarker | 1 | — |
| Carpenters | 3 | — |
| Cabinetmaker | 1 | — |
| Compositors | 2 | — |
| Chemist | 1 | — |
| Farmers | 4 | — |
| Fishmongers | 1 | — |
| Female servants | — | 3 |
| Gold miner | 1 | — |
| Hawker | 1 | 1 |
| Ironmonger | 1 | — |
| Labourers | 10 | — |
| Mail agent | 1 | — |
| Ship’s cook | 1 | — |
| Sailors | 2 | — |
| Shingler | 1 | — |
| Storekeepers | 2 | — |
| Shipwright | 1 | — |
| Settlers’ wives and widows | — | 18 |
| Total | 36 | 22 |
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Auckland Provincial Gazette 1874, No 10
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🏥 Ages of Patients Remaining in Asylum on December 31, 1873
🏥 Health & Social WelfareAsylum, Patients, Age Distribution, Statistics
🏥 Obituary of Patients Who Died in Asylum in 1873
🏥 Health & Social WelfareAsylum, Patient Deaths, Causes of Death, Obituary
🏥 Previous Occupations of Patients Admitted in 1873
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