The New York herald., 1878-06-17

II the annual the number Of female patients
year The result, would be shown IN the following
Estimated number Of female patients, Dccembcr 81.
Esm aied number Of female patients. December 81,
H.%.sd number Of female patients Dieem5i ST. 100
Estimated humber Of female patients Dseemser 81
IL cas-. h.n the increase in the number Of patient.
should eontnre a. the sane rate as heretofore there will
saa a ma NAM time a. are now enn,snsa IN a n
asyinms for insanc Of his state, and there
an S '"' "' r"' Of wi" be less
ofthe AIS females admitted into the asylum during
the year 1870 81 under 30 years OF age 12I be-
tween % ana 80 l42 between 80 ana 40 aud 9I be-
wecn 10 and 80. As age increases the prcdisposton
70 mental diseases apparently a,m,nsnes, oas me
tween so and 30 years old. or the number admitted
tor the year l02 we're married. 1s7 single and SO
wieowcd- No apparent Influence was exerted by their
nvil condition.
PATIENTS OCCUPATIONS
The previous occupations OF tho insane females nd.
mitted during 1879 were ms ioliows:-Farmers'
daughters, ~; laborers' wives 81; donestcs, 26;
iaborers daughters. lg sailors wives. IL; painters
wives, 10; mcrcnans' wives, 10; hourckcepcrs, 10:
clerks wives 10; carpcnters' daughters. 10;
.arpsn,srs wives, " ,s,mers, .rn wives. ~ butchers
bookkecpers' wivcs ceecf1men's wfvcs nearly ali
aler occupations being represented By from to
In The last report t1s,7 OF the willard Asylum for
The Insane the occupations OF patients admitted
Ifrmnies) follows :H ouscwork, So; teachers,
IA scatstrcsscs, 80. Only few OF any other occupa-
ton we're inmates the INSULATION. OF tho 4S1
missions OF females the head oil mania,
LIS Of meIancholia and az OF dcmcnia. otihis num-
Der ~ alone coftiicd 10 us having suffered from
alcohol exciting Of disease ;is were known
10 have bccofnr insane through puerperai and cpepc
diseases and disorders due TO isctaiion.
faYLCKscE EDUCATION
In relation education II seems that no marked
influence was cxcrtcd: Tor OF the AS patients ad-
initicd "a had good education, $50 fair, 12I wero
able 10 read and write alone, "a wrrc abic 10
road only and "a had no educsuop. This represents
the ratio OF uncducatea to the educated OF the popu
lniion The physical condition o those patients IN
xras an fair and ! " opoar "a hrl
~ 10 claimed, shows that, ss general rule, poverty
and not the directly cxcin causes OF their
disorders Among women u 10 generally charged
that intcmpersnce Is very frequent cause OF insan
hy. Tho returns from the Female Lunatc Asylum
throw good deal OF doubt on this theory. rlic
lurns according 10 tho last report, show that 325
TEN perstc women admitted against " inten-
twenty per cen, Of the admissions 10 DO quo 10 lntcn
pcranccnesrly double the ratio set down By DR. Isy.
ior Tor England, who says
csG Ibis !, one n those se,s which AND maen ,hri
pcn 70 difference q opinion would seem to admit :. no
AMI medical ocsr the Birmingham borough Asylum,
sss' .sa y ~ a " pp. % aS
mi,,ed into ,ha, .'yam s14 o fourteen pr cent bad
iare thus caused w ntempefancs amcn,ed IN m.intc-
ibss peroc some years ago calculated the percentage
Of eases caused y inepernnco a me nynms Of Engi.nd
innensey Increased ere We 20 add nose u whieh dome
&c misery and peeunsry losses owed their origin 70 this
issAsiry AMONG aALss
Inc f1st fcport VI Ut. Mhcucnat', tnc Wculcai
superint dent OF the Wards Island Lunatc Asylum
Tor Males, gives some very interesting Information
relative the of mental diseases among males
Three hundred and eighty one men were admitted 10
this Institution during 1876 Ui this number l0t SUI.
tered from manls. 123 from mclsnchoha and 81 from
dwmcntis 20 being casscd under amcntln aud general
psresis. The civil condition OF these patients
ioliowss-l5s were married, leG single Is widowcrs
end condition. unknown Thirty three bad received
liberal educntionf 126 common school 15l could read
sna writc ~ coud read only 80 had received no cdu
csfIon aud tho conditions vi were unknown. whiio
Tho evidence OF the records of The city asy ylum
TOR females Is directly against the theory that
In ntcrppcrnpce is a csusc of mental disease among
womsn, the rcport of the male asylum shows tho