Private 4,072 Pauper 16,821 ------ Total 20,893 They were thus distributed:-- GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS ASCERTAINED TO BE INSANE IN ENGLAND AND WALES, JANUARY 1, 1844. ----------------+----------------+------------------+------------------- Where | Private | Paupers. | Total. confined. | patients. | | +---+-----+------+-----+-----+------+-----+------+------ |M. | F. |Total.| M. | F. |Total.| M. | F. |Total. ----------------+---+-----+------+-----+-----+------+-----+------+------ 15 county | | | | | | | | | asylums |130| 115| 245|1,924|2,231| 4,155|2,054| 2,346| 4,400 | | | | | | | | | 2 ditto under | | | | | | | | | local acts | --| -- | -- | 38| 51| 89| 38| 51| 89 | | | | | | | | | 2 military and | | | | | | | | | naval hospitals|164| 4| 168| -- | -- | -- | 164| 4| 168 | | | | | | | | | 2 Bethlem and | | | | | | | | | St. Luke's | | | | | | | | | Hospitals |178| 264| 442| 86| 35| 121| 264| 299| 563 | | | | | | | | | 9 other public | | | | | | | | | asylums |249| 287| 536| 177| 166| 343| 426| 453| 879 | | | | | | | | | Licensed houses:| | | | | | | | | 37 metropolitan|520| 453| 973| 360| 494| 854| 880| 947| 1,827 99 provincial |748| 678| 1,426| 947| 973| 1,920|1,695| 1,651| 3,346 | | | | | | | | | Workhouses and | | | | | | | | | elsewhere[180] | --| -- | -- |4,169|5,170| 9,339|4,169| 5,170| 9,339 | | | | | | | | | Single patients | | | | | | | | | under | | | | | | | | | commission |172| 110| 282| -- | -- | -- | 172| 110| 282 +------+-----+------+-----+-----+------+-----+------+------ Total | 2,161|1,911| 4,072|7,701|9,120|16,801|9,682|11,031|20,893 -------------+------+-----+------+-----+-----+------+-----+------+------ The number of asylums amounted to 166.[181] At this period there were thirty-three metropolitan licensed houses receiving private patients only, and four which received paupers also.