Report from the Select Committee Appointed to Enquire Into State of Lunatics; Ordered, to Be Printed, 15th July, 1807 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1807 edition. Excerpt: ...Lochcarron---26 2 6 1 3 2 2 4 1 2 9--1 9--26 Sky------6--; 2 4 5 1 1 5----_-6 Uist------.15--12 3 13 2 3 12--1 7 15 Lewis-----13--1 6 B 7 9 4 1 12--6--13 Kirkwall----15--8, 11 4--15--6 l 1 15 Cairston----12--5 7 12--2 1o--4. 8 12 North Isles 1---29--15 14 21 8 3 25 1--1 29 Zetland-----28--17 11 14. 6--28--12 5 28 l. 2,840 649 1,643 1,761 2,769 576 622 2,688 533 944 1,020 3,486 Besides the Numbers I ' _ _ _;. in 259 Parishes, T l ' from whence no Returns have been received. l--i 1 an N0te._IN some of the Returns it is not stated, whether the Numbers returned are confined, or at large. In this case they have been put down as at large. In some of the Returns it is not stated how the Persons retumed are supported, while i11 others it is stated, that so many of them are " wholly maintained by their Relations,"--and in others, they are returned, as " receiving no Parish aid." This last being equivocal, and often appearing to mean that these Persons are supported by begging, or left to casual charity for their support; whenever no Return is made under this head, or where the Return is, " receiving no Parish aid," it is designated by () in the column, intituled, " wholly by their Relations," in which also only so many are put down, as are stated to be maintained by their Relations. A RETURN OF THE NUMBER OF LUNATICS Confined in the different GAOLS, HOSPITALS, and LUNATIC AsYL1.rMs; specifying the Number in each and distinvuishinrv the Males from the Females. 7 o O GAOIS, HOSPITAIS, AND LUNATIC ASYLUMS. Males. Females. T O T A L. NUMBER CONFINED IN EACH. A RETURN OF THE NUMBER OF HOUSES In each County or Division of the County, LICENSED FOR THE RECEPTION OF LUNATICS; The Names of the Persons to...