Liverpool
“The number of epileptics was 92. Out of 167 prisoners remanded for mental observation, thirty-four males and ten females were found to be insane, and dealt with by summary jurisdiction.
“When prisoners are suspected by the Liverpool police of being weak-minded, they are remanded for mental observation, and on my confirmatory report are discharged to the workhouse or care of friends.”
Wakefield
“It was found necessary to put 360 prisoners under mental observation, either on reception, or after location, in the general prison. The following are the details of 210 of the more marked and decided of these cases of mental defect—
| Reported weak-minded | 66 |
| Certified as lunatics and removed to an asylum | 9 |
| Epilepsy and allied conditions | 53 |
| Prisoners with a past history of threatened or attempted suicide | 15 |
| Temporary alcoholic excitement | 67 |
“Last year the number of weak-minded was sixty, and of certified lunatics seven. It is interesting to observe how closely the figures now given approximate to those of last year.”
Wormwood Scrubbs
“Twenty-six prisoners of markedly feeble mind were received (four of them were each committed twice and one of the number three times during the year), and the cases of thirty-five prisoners of this class were brought to the notice of the police prior to their discharge from prison.
“The chief defects noted were as follows—