Memorial of Miss Dix.

  • Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887.
Date:
[1847]
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Credit: Memorial of Miss Dix. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    From Dr. AwVs reports of the Ohio Institution, we extract the following tables: In 1841, whole cost of twenty-five old cases, - Average, ....... - - - Whole cost of twenty-five recent cases, ■ - - - Average, ------- In 1842, whole expense of twenty-five old cases, - Average, -.----- Whole expense of twenty-five recent cases, - Average, ------- In this institution, in 1843, twenty old cases had cost, Average cost of old cases, - Whole expense of twenty recent cases, till recovered, Average cost of recent cases, - In the Ohio Lunatic Asylum, in 1844, twenty-five old cases had cost, Average expense of old cases, - Whole expense of twenty-five recent cases, - Average expense of recent cases, - In the Massachusetts State Lunatic Asylum, in 1843, twenty-five old cases, had cost, ...... Average expense of old cases, - - - - - Whole expense of twenty-five recent cases, till recovered, Average expense of recent cases, - In the Maine Lunatic Hospital, 1842, twelve old cases had cost, Average expense of old cases, - - - - - Whole expense of twelve recent cases, - - - - Average expense of recent cases, - In the Hospital at Staunton, Va. twenty old cases had cost, Average expense of old cases, - Whole expense of twenty recent cases, - Average expense of recent cases, - $49,248 00 1,969 00 1,330 50 52 22 $50,611 00 2,020 00 1,130 00 45 00 $44,782 00 2,239 10 1,308 30 65 41 $35,464 00 1,418 56 1,608 00 64 32 $54,157 00 2,166 20 1,461 30 58 45 $25,300 00 2,108 33 426 00 35 50 $41,633 00 2,081 65 1,265 00 63 25 The results of this table are striking, and show conclusively the importance of early admission to the insane hospitals. Other institutions have instituted the same inquiries with similar results.