In licensed houses, there were, in 1869, four thousand seven hundred and ninety-six (4,796); and in 1878, there were four thousand two hundred and two (4,202): exhibiting a decrease of five hundred and ninety-four (594).
In naval and military hospitals, in 1869, there were two hundred and nine (209); and in 1878, three hundred and sixty (360): an increase of one hundred and fifty-one (151).
In the Criminal Lunatic Asylum at Broadmoor, in 1869, there were four hundred and sixty-one (461); and in 1878, four hundred and eighty-two (482): an increase of twenty-one (21).
In the workhouses there were, in 1869, eleven thousand one hundred and eighty-one (11,181); and in 1878, sixteen thousand two hundred and sixty-five (16,265): equal to an increase of five thousand and eighty-four (5,084).
Residing with relatives and others, there were, in 1869, seven thousand three hundred and eleven (7,311); and in 1878, six thousand six hundred and eighty-eight (6,688): giving a decrease of six hundred and twenty-three (623).
By the addition of these several sums of increase, and deducting those of decrease, we have a total of increase during these ten years of fifteen thousand three hundred and sixty-one (15,361).
The increase, therefore, as between the first and second decade, amounts to one thousand one hundred and twenty-three (1,123).
The ratio this increase bears to the total number of the population, from year to year, appears from the following table:
| In | 1869 | one in | 417 |
| " | 1870 | "" | 411 |
| " | 1871 | "" | 401 |
| " | 1872 | "" | 396 |
| " | 1873 | "" | 387 |
| " | 1874 | "" | 381 |
| " | 1875 | "" | 375 |
| " | 1876 | "" | 373 |
| " | 1877 | "" | 364 |
| " | 1878 | "" | 362 |
It will be observed from the above statistics, that there has been a considerably uniform increase of insanity, greater than that of the general population, but that it has been less rapid during the second decade than the first. By reference to the last Report of the Commissioners, I find that in 1880 there is one insane person to every three hundred and fifty-seven (357), which indicates that insanity continued to that time to increase more rapidly in proportion than the general population.