As ten years had elapsed since the first attempt of any value to present the numbers of the insane in England (see page 211), it is of interest to compare with the table referred to, the following statement of the numbers on the 1st of January, 1854:-- GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS ASCERTAINED TO BE INSANE IN ENGLAND AND WALES, JANUARY 1, 1854.[187] ----------------+----------------+--------------------+-------------------- Where | Private | Paupers. | Total. confined. | patients. | | +---+-----+------+------+------+------+------+------+------ |M. | F. |Total.| M. | F. |Total.| M. | F. |Total. ----------------+---+-----+------+------+------+------+------+------+------ 33 county and | | | | | | | | | borough asylums |147| 146| 293| 5,791| 6,878|12,669| 5,938| 7,024|12,962 | | | | | | | | | 2 military and | | | | | | | | | naval hospitals|199| 5| 204| -- | -- | -- | 199| 5| 204 | | | | | | | | | 2 Bethlem and | | | | | | | | | St. Luke's | | | | | | | | | Hospitals |235| 239| 474| 4| 7| 11| 239| 246| 485 | | | | | | | | | 22 other public | | | | | | | | | asylums |467| 456| 923| 102| 103| 205| 569| 559| 1,128 | | | | | | | | | Licensed houses:| | | | | | | | | 42 metropolitan|608| 598| 1,206| 418| 723| 1,141| 1,026| 1,321| 2,347 88 provincial |795| 738| 1,533| 593| 407| 1,000| 1,388| 1,145| 2,533 | | | | | | | | | Workhouses and | | | | | | | | | elsewhere | --| -- | -- | 5,326| 5,327|10,653| 5,326| 5,327|10,653 +-----+-----+------+------+------+------+------+------+------ Total |2,451|2,182| 4,633|12,234|13,445|25,679|14,685|15,627|30,312 --------------+-----+-----+------+------+------+------+------+------+------