2. Causes of disease.
3. Duration of disease.
4. Age.
5. Age when first attacked.
6. Social state.
7. Station or occupation.
II. Similar returns for the whole num ber admitted from the opening of the asylum.
III. Cures for the current year:— 1. Form of disease.
2. Causes of disease.
3. Duration of disease.
4. Age.
5. Age when first attacked.
6. Duration of residence.
7. Per centage upon average num ber of patients.
IV. Similar returns for the whole num ber cured.
V. Deaths for the current year : 1. Form of mental disease.
2. Causes of mental disease.
3. Duration of mental disease.
4. Age.
5. Age when first attacked.
6. Duration of residence.
7. Per centage upon average num ber of patients.
8. Causes of deaths.
VI. Similar returns for the whole num ber who have died.
VII. Number discharged uncured, im proved, by request of friends, removed by parishes, or escaped, during the current year, distinguishing the rea sons for removal, and the duration of residence.
VIII. Similar returns for the whole Viii. Similar returns for the whole number removed or escaped.
1.X. Patients remaining in the asy lum : 1. Form of disease.
2. Duration of disease.
3. Duration of residel.ce.
4. Age.
5. Number probably curable.
6. Number probably incurable.
The registers, to contain all this intbr mation, might be of very simple form, far less complicated than those at present in use in several asylums. The sexes should be distinguished in every statement.
Registers should likewise be kept of every instance of restraint, its nature and duration, and of the duration of every se clusion; also of employment and of the value of the work done. Many others
might be suggested as useful in various ways, though not strictly necessary for statistical purposes.
Report of the Metropolitan Commis sioners in Lunacy to the Lord Chancel lor,' 1844 ; Statistical Tables prepared by the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy,' 1844 ; Au act for the Regula tion of the Care and Treatment of Luna tics' (8 & 9 Viet. c. 100) ; An Act to amend the laws for the Provision and Regulation of Lunatic Asylums for Coun ties and Boroughs, and for the mainte nance and care of Pauper Lunatics, in England' (8 & 9 Vict. c. 126) ; ' Report of the Inspectors-General of District, Local, and private Lunatic Asylums in Ireland,' 1845; 'Returns from each District Lunatic Asylum, in Ireland,' 1845 ; Reports' of all the principal Asylums in England, Scotland, and Ire land, and information privately supplied by many of the superintendents ; Farr on the Statistics of English Lunatic Asylums ;" Benevolent Asylum for the Insane of the Middle Classes, Prospec tus ; " History of the York Asylum ;' Tuke's Description of the Retreat near York ;', Hill on the Management of Lunatic Asylums ;" Remarks by Mr. Serjeant Adams on the Report of the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy ; Personal knowledge of the Middlesex Lunatic Asylum, Hanwell.)