214 REPORTS FROM THE SECTIONS. 
to you the statistics of insanity for the whole Colony, free from 
the lapses and imperfections which now invalidate those collected 
at a single institution. 
M. F. Total. 
On December 31st, 1868, there were in the institution 428 236 664 
M. F. Total 
During the ten years were ad- 
mitted forthe first time ... 1,632 893 apes 1,942 1,136 3,078 
e-admitted ve et -. 3810 248 553 
Total under care ... y, ae oc ««e 2,070 1,871 3,742 
Discharged or remoyed— 
Recovered ... ois ere 690 463 1,153 
Relieved... ues ae .7 i) LIZ 106. 218 
Transferred oa wie -.» 904 380 1,284 
Died is ee pe 332 99 4381 
2,038 1,048 3,086 
Remaining in hospital on December 31st, 1878 .. 832 3824 656 
Average daily number resident for ten years... ae 307 262 569 
It will be seen that the number remaining on December 31st, 
1878, was nearly the same as on the same date in 1868, and we 
are left, therefore, to deal with the admissions without difficulty. 
The percentage of recoveries on these admissions was for the ten 
years :—Males, 35-03; females, 41:69; total, 37°39. The per- 
centage of cases relieved was :—For males, 5:76 ; } 
total, 7-08. So that a total percentage of 44-47, or shortly 45 per 
cent., so far recovered as to be discharged either to their work in 
the world or to the care of friends. This result, which does not 
ye 
I find that the recovered and relieved cases formed a percentage on 
the admissions in 1876 of 54:94, in 1877 of 52°67, and in 1878 
of 44°82. When the delicate nature of the brain structure is con- 
sidered, and when it is remembered that there has been no selec- 
tion of cases, that insanity due to structural brain disease and to 
epilepsy, and that congenial imbeciles and idiots, and old people 
in their dotage have all been received, I think you will agree 
with me that the result is as favourable as could be ex 
especially as the appliances and buildings are not of the best, and 
_ are always grossly overcrowded. 
The deaths (as I have said) during the ten years numbered 431, 
332 being males and 99 females, or a percentage on the average 
number resident of 7-50. 
