Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1872 – No. 10

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✨ Lunatic Asylum Report and Statistics



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incurables more agreeable; but the per centage of discharges depends more upon the character of the cases received.

In spite of all the disadvantages under which the Karori Asylum has labored no case of suicide has occurred, neither has any patient escaped permanently since I have been in attendance, and I may add no patient has received any injury.

Several of those who have died were in a hopeless condition upon admission, suffering from general paralysis, the others having died from old age.

All patients suffering from primary acute mania have left apparently cured.

CHARLES FRANCE,
Medical Superintendent,
Karori Lunatic Asylum.

TABLE of Admissions, Discharges, and Deaths, during past years, Karori Asylum.

Years Remaining over from previous years Admitted during the Year Discharged Died
1862 10 4 4 None
1863 10 4 None 3
1864 11 3 2 None
1865 12 7 3 1
1866 15 11 5 2
1867 19 2 2 None
1868 19 5 5 2
1869 17 6 3 None
1870 20 6 5 1
1871 20 3 3 None
10 years ... 51 32 9

Classification January 1st, 1872, Karori Asylum.

No. Name Age Condition Date of Admittance Remarks
FEMALES
1 Rebecca Parnell 44 Mania January 17, 1857 Incurable
2 Margaret Twine 44 ... February 6, 1862 ...
3 A. Dermott 38 ... December 17, 1862 ...
4 Helen Lenhan 64 Dementia April 18, 1856 ...
5 Mary Lee 54 ... March 19, 1858 ...
6 Mary Smith 54 ... January 10, 1860 ...
7 Mary Noble 46 ... March 13, 1865 ...
8 Jane Slow 57 ... January 10, 1866 ...
9 Jane Moore 52 ... February 2, 1866 ...
10 Mary Robertson 37 ... April 22, 1866 ...
11 Emma Garn 60 ... April 4, 1871 Doubtful
MALES
12 Martin Higgins 50 Dementia June 12, 1866 Incurable
13 Alex. M’Intyre 49 ... January 1, 1854 ...
14 William Blake 89 ... January 31, 1858 ...
15 John Curtis 35 ... April 5, 1864 Doubtful
16 J. E. F. Briscoe 31 ... November 28, 1868 ...
17 Thos. Coffee 45 ... November 1, 1864 Incurable
18 John M’Kenzie 41 ... February 15, 1869 ...
19 A. N. Wilson 27 ... October 25, 1870 ...
20 Alfred Webb 24 ... October 27, 1870 ...
21 William Blake (2) 35 ... January 13, 1871 Doubtful
22 Patrick Cruise 44 ... September 18, 1871 ...
23 Michael Maloney 35 ... November 25, 1871 ...


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🏥 Report on Lunatic Asylum by Dr. France (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
3 February 1872
Lunatic Asylum, Karori Asylum, mental health, patient statistics, treatment methods, asylum conditions
23 names identified
  • Rebecca Parnell, Patient in asylum
  • Margaret Twine, Patient in asylum
  • A. Dermott, Patient in asylum
  • Helen Lenhan, Patient in asylum
  • Mary Lee, Patient in asylum
  • Mary Smith, Patient in asylum
  • Mary Noble, Patient in asylum
  • Jane Slow, Patient in asylum
  • Jane Moore, Patient in asylum
  • Mary Robertson, Patient in asylum
  • Emma Garn, Patient in asylum
  • Martin Higgins, Patient in asylum
  • Alex. M’Intyre, Patient in asylum
  • William Blake, Patient in asylum
  • John Curtis, Patient in asylum
  • J. E. F. Briscoe, Patient in asylum
  • Thos. Coffee, Patient in asylum
  • John M’Kenzie, Patient in asylum
  • A. N. Wilson, Patient in asylum
  • Alfred Webb, Patient in asylum
  • William Blake (2), Patient in asylum
  • Patrick Cruise, Patient in asylum
  • Michael Maloney, Patient in asylum

  • Charles France, Medical Superintendent, Karori Lunatic Asylum