344 



Local Intelligence. 



The following TABLE will show the relative numbers, male and female, 



of each Nation. 



The principal exciting' cause appears to be continued inebriety : nearly t 

 one third of the cases admitted, may be traced to this fertile source of dis- 

 ease. 



From the very limited number of recent cases sent in, it is extremely dif- 

 ficult to form any thing like a correct criterion of the violence of the pa- 

 roxysms of the disease as it exists in different nations, or to judge whether 

 they are alike sensible to the exciting causes ; so far, howei er, as there has 

 been an opportunity to form an opinion, it would appear that the disease on 

 its first attack, is as violent in the coloured as in the European subjects, 

 although the latter appear to be more influenced by menial causes. 



The cures amount to about one-sixth of the number : this proportion is of 

 course comparatively small, when compared with the proportion of cures in 

 many establishments. The Hospital is, however, very ill adapted either for 

 the cure or reception of Lunatics, but the very serious expense that would 

 attend any attempt at building a proper Lunatic Asylum, precludes any 

 hopes at present of remedying the inconveniences of the existing establish, 

 ment. 



Number of Patients admitted into Somerset Hospital, during the year 1829. 



Total— 380. 



