New York State Lunatic Asylum Reference Copy of Published Statistics on British Insane B1500

New York State Lunatic Asylum Reference Copy of Published Statistics on British Insane

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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:

This series consists of a copy of the "Statistical Appendix to the Report of the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy." This published appendix, pertaining to patients in institutions for the insane in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, was kept as a reference work at the State Asylum for the Insane in Utica, N.Y. It includes statistics for admissions; re-admissions; discharges; deaths; cures; forms and causes of insanity; hereditary dispositions; and causes of deaths.

Creator:

New York (State). State Lunatic Asylum

Title:

Reference copy of published statistics on British insane

Quantity:

0.1 cubic feet

1 volume

Inclusive Dates:

1844

Series Number:

B1500

Scope and Content Note

The series consists of a copy of the "Statistical Appendix to the Report of the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy." This published appendix, pertaining to patients in institutions for the insane in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, was kept as a reference work at the State Asylum for the Insane. Extensive statistics are given for admissions; readmissions; discharges; deaths, cures; forms and causes of insanity; hereditary dispositions; and causes of deaths.