I have presented the above numbers somewhat more in detail as to classes and methods of distribution than was necessary, thinking the lay reader may be interested to understand something as to these points, in the care of the insane in England. As these methods are quite similar in Scotland, I shall, in some measure, omit this detail in presenting the statistics relating to that country.
From the Reports of the Board of Commissioners in Lunacy for Scotland, it appears that in 1860 there were of insane persons:
1. Of paupers in asylums and poorhouses, three thousand three hundred and seventy-nine (3,379); of the same class in private dwellings, eighteen hundred and forty-seven (1,847).
2. Of private patients in asylums, nine hundred and seventy-one (971); and in private dwellings, twenty-one (21): making a total of both classes of six thousand two hundred and eighteen (6,218).
These numbers are understood to be exclusive of criminals and imbecile children.
In 1869 there were under observation:
1. Of pauper patients in asylums and poorhouses, four thousand four hundred and ninety-four (4,494); and in private dwellings, one thousand and five hundred (1,500).
2. Of private patients in asylums, one thousand one hundred and twenty-eight (1,128); and in private dwellings, thirty-five (35): making a total of both classes of seven thousand one hundred and fifty-seven (7,157).
During these ten years, therefore, from 1860 to 1869, inclusive, the total number of insane persons in Scotland, of which the Board had cognizance, advanced from six thousand two hundred and eighteen (6,218) to seven thousand one hundred and fifty-seven (7,157), giving a net increase amounting to nine hundred and thirty-nine (939).
I introduce the table as before to show the relation this bears to the number of the population: