British Asylums for the Insane

We propose inaugurating our new volume by placing before our readers an analysis of the most recent reports of the British County Asylums. These annual records contain a vast body of useful general and statistical information in reference to the condition of the pauper portion of our insane population. These reports are not easy of access to many of our foreign subscribers, and it becomes, therefore, important that we should annually publish a fair resume of their contents. The official documents now under review are evidently drawn up with great care. The tabular statements embodied in the reports must have entailed upon the medical officers much thought and laborious work. Without further preface, we now proceed to an analysis of the " Ninth Report of the Hanwell County Lunatic Asylum for 1854:"? " The number of patients admitted during the year was 126, of whom 61 were males, and 62 females. The number discharged cured