Lunacy In New South Wales
Art. VII.?
We have received through the courtesy of Dr Manning, the Inspector-General of the Insane for this colony, his report. It contains a full account of the condition of lunacy in the various departments.
The following is the Distribution of the Insane: Hospital for the Insane, Gladesville Paramatta (free) ? (convict) ? (criminal) Callan Park . Newcastle In the Temporary Hospital for the Insane, Cooma In the Licensed House for the Insane, Cook’s Eiver Total Male Female Total 330 544 19 51 107 124 57 6 1,238 347 203 5 6 85 127 773 677 747 24 57 107 209 57 133 2,011
The details connected with insanity in these various in- stitutions are very accurately described.
The population of New South Wales in the year 1879 was 734,282, and the proportion of insane to the population was 1 in 365, or 2*74.
The statistical tables are very carefully compiled, and we congratulate Dr Manning on the excellency of his Report.
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