Fonthill-Gifford, Hindon, Wilts. 1718.
Droitwich Asylum. 1791.
Belle Grove House, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 1766.
Lea Pale House, Stoke, near Guildford. 1744.
Ticehurst, Sussex. 1792.
The number of lunatics in London and in the country, returned under the Act of 1774 (14 Geo. III., c. 49), from that year to the projection of the York Retreat (1792), was 6405; and from 1792 to the Select Committee of 1815, 12,938.
In 1775 the number registered during the year was 406; and in 1791, after various rises and falls, it was also 406.
In 1792 the number rose to 491, and in 1815 to 850; the lowest being 414 in 1807, and the highest 700 in 1812.
The above list of asylums shows how scanty was the provision made for the care of the insane at the time of the foundation of the York Retreat. I may here add that, in addition to the notice taken of this experiment by the writers on the Continent mentioned in the text, the attention of the Germans was forcibly directed to it by Dr. Max. Jacobi, of Siegburg. He visited York, and, much struck by what he witnessed there, translated into German the greater part of the "Description of the Retreat." The late superintendent of the Retreat, Dr. Kitching, who filled that office for many years with much efficiency, spent a considerable time at the Siegburg Asylum, comparing notes with Dr. Jacobi.