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32 (13 males and 19 females.) 



Total for eight years. 147, out of abou 

 vards of one fourth of the whole number, 

 rhe immediate cause of death is also mentione 

 orts, viz. from 1S1 1 to 1820 inclusive, 

 rhe whole number of deaths for that period was 

 Of these there died of Mania, 



Mania and Paralysis, 

 Apoplexy, 

 Phrenitis, 



(Jangr 



Syphilis, 

 Typhus, 



" In consequence of a communication made to the governors, 

 in April 1S15, by Thomas Eddy, stating the advantages that 

 might be produced, by introducing a course of moral treatment for 

 the lunatic patients, more extensive than had hitherto been prac- 

 tised in this country, and similar to that pursued at the " Retreat," 

 near York in England, and proposing that a number of acres of 

 ground near the city should be purchased, and suitable buildings 

 erected for the purpose, a committee was appointed to consider of 

 the plan proposed, and to report their opinion thereon. This com- 

 mittee, having approved of the plan and recommended its adop- 



