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DIR. sTRIBLING,s REPORT.

\ The Annual Roper. Of ihe Superintendent and
Physician Of he Western I.unalic Asylum, made
al the late meeting ofihe cour. Of Directors, IS
a mos, able and Interesting paper, embracing
not only ali The Information which, could Be de.
sired in3fegard TO he ins,iluton--i,s condition,
lis management and success-but embodyipg a
vas, fund of information in relation TO the sub
ject generally which Is calculated 10 excite "a dep
interest in he publ mind, and rernoveia load
iof> saorant prejudice, With xhich Tie efforts in
Behalf Of, this afflicted portion of our race have
hitherto had tocehtend.
Itisnotin our power 70 10 more than present
imesgre outline Il The contents Of this Report,
spreading ass il does over more than sixty pages
of closely wfiuen teolscapl But in doing even
this we hopt 70 be Instrumental in efFecting some
good If in no other way than BY directing pub
lie attention 10 the Report, which will no doubt
ere long be printed in pamphlet form.
fhs RsPsr OPENS wish The gratifying aAnpn-
cia,ion ,ha, The year has been one q unusual
prosperity that The number Of cures il proper
lion 10 ihsfecent cases has equalled the mos, san
guine expectations, and that The iimprovementIin
the moral and physical condition ofihs incurable,
has been mosg pleasing and encouraging. Con-
lenlment and cheerfulness have reigned, with but
Sigh, interruption, throughout the iRsilplion--
and Health. ..ihe rich mans blessing and the
poor mans friend,n' has in an extraordinary de-
gree both blessed and befriended its inmates.
n The numbefpf patients in the institution az
the commencement Of the year was Co. 36inales
and 80 females The number Manufacturing
the year, So 81 males and l females of which
80 we're old and 81 recent cases. Number in The
Asylum during The year lP2! Discharged cured
I5-s males and females Died 65 maies
and female. iEloped l. Leaving in the insii1
luton al Ihe close fine year looI The disRfo-
portion exhibited between The sexes isowihg TO
The fact lhatlhe new building, which was brought
into use during the year, is designed exclusively
for male patients. A similar enlargement Of the
Female department is indsPensabl Necessary TO
NEE. he wants Or that class Of suffer
srs, and il il sincerely AOpsc Thai it will not be
long deferred. btFE/
Table 3 Of the Report shows TIE fact, as FER
as the Civil condition OF HE patients is known,
that The married TO the single males in the l1sl-
tuition, are 81 10 AZ and abe married females 10
The single, as rs toI27-from which Il would
appear that the uamarried ara much ofiensr ihe
victims Of insaniiy than The mauied-a fact
which is eor1oboraiea BY the statistics Of iolher
institutional 5a
Table shows he respective ages Or patients,
which ATE astollpws: Uhdsr Is, 2-belweeb is
and 20, 4-betwsen 90 and 30, $50 AMI 20,
1910 and 30, 20 50 and 50, 1850 and 70,
&. DR.. sTibling remarks that he IS no, arate
ef any practical ieduclionI which may be lawn
from this ,a5le, and il IS Only submitted Ia con
formity toNhe custom which obtains in similar
l1
Table gives the age 4, which insanity com
mencsd with patients who have been il The Asy-
lum during the year. Under IS, maIes-Ab
tween sand 20, males and 10 females Ebs-5
tween. 20 and IS, ls males and ? females be-
lweehl95 and 90. 10 males and females FEbe-
tween 30 and IS. males and 6 femalsz t5e-
tween 20 and IS, males and Z females-lbe-
tween as and 81. males shd . females Ebe-
tween 50 and IS, | male and 1 female -Ibe.
tween SIS and co. nale4- between co andtf0
maic-unknowh, males sEd females. 1his
tables exhibits iat fact thay4ofe Than two ID oue
become insane betweenl The ages Of twenty hna
thirty, compared win any cther penod ofheh
years. Ef
Table G shows The darstipn Of insanity ,olthe'
present lime pr lhe dAle tfldisqhafgs, DE-
uent o. deaih. Less damon year 10 --f41rn
oae 10 three years, I5-thfss ID i've years, 81
10 70 yesrs, 25- lot5 IS I5-ls to "a, ~ ~;
90 10 50, 4--naEnown, a. #
1--WE perceive from this table, (Femalks
she report, That but a small traclionlof
those aho have been favored With the ad-
vSniaeesof the insii.ption during sheyebr,
had been Insane less hahiwelyes lno1llls n
whilst about tire f9aFtib had been Id iAak
hapsess condition for more than farce i ears
--ueaFsy flDo1fhiras ior mofs than NJ
ysars-aluesl tro t5fss upwards 81 a.
Fears+-and abput oEs flt fran lElissn )
thirty years Wheh We recolleci iEha
mental diseases. il placed under propEr
trsafmeDi whilst Sscenis are even noEe
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