New York State Lunatic Asylum Reference Copy of Published Statistics on British Insane
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Overview of the Records
Repository
- New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12230
Summary
- This series consists of a copy of the "Statistical Appendix to the Report of the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy." This published appendix, pertaining to patients in institutions for the insane in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, was kept as a reference work at the State Asylum for the Insane in Utica, N.Y. It includes statistics for admissions; re-admissions; discharges; deaths; cures; forms and causes of insanity; hereditary dispositions; and causes of deaths.
Title
- Reference copy of published statistics on British insane
Quantity
- 0.1 cubic feet; 1 volume
Inclusive Dates
Series Number
- B1500
Creator
Scope and Content Note
The series consists of a copy of the "Statistical Appendix to the Report of the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy." This published appendix, pertaining to patients in institutions for the insane in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, was kept as a reference work at the State Asylum for the Insane. Extensive statistics are given for admissions; readmissions; discharges; deaths, cures; forms and causes of insanity; hereditary dispositions; and causes of deaths.
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Custodial History
These records were transferred to the State Archives on September 16, 1996 from Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center under RDA 19266.
Access Restrictions
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Corporate Name(s)
- Utica State Hospital (N.Y.)
- New York (State). Office of Mental Health
- New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene