The twentieth report of the Committee of Visitors of the County Lunatic Asylum at Hanwell : January quarter sessions, 1865 / [Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum].

  • Middlesex Lunatic Asylum at Hanwell.
Date:
1865
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Credit: The twentieth report of the Committee of Visitors of the County Lunatic Asylum at Hanwell : January quarter sessions, 1865 / [Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The assigned causes of Death have been as follows:— General Paralysis. Disease of Brain and Spinal Cord .. of Heart. 55 55 to Females cholia. Epilepsy ... Suicides (by Hanging) . Homicide. Senile Decay and other Causes Total M. F. 1 Total. 37 21 58 13 8 21 5 5 10 15 37 62 0 7 16 3 5' 14 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 24 4 112 106 218 In the case of Suicide in the Male Division, the Patient hung himself under circumstances showing, in the opinion of the Committee, culpable negligence on the part of the Attendant in charge, who was accordingly dismissed. The Suicide in the Female Division occurred on the day of our first visit. The Patient who was in No. 2 (Infirmary) Ward, hung herself by a piece of tape (which she had secreted) from the frame of a window in a water-closet, which had been left unglazed with a view to better ventilation. Means should at once be taken to prevent similar facilities being afforded for suicide. The particulars of the case of Homicide, by a Male Patient sitting upon the face of another, and suffocating him, were duly reported to our Board. Upon our visits the latter three days of last week and