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. I have presented the above numbers somewhat more in detail as to classes and methods of distribution than was necessary, thinking the lay reader may be interested to understand something as to these points, in the care of the insane in England. As these methods are quite similar in Scotland, I shall, in some measure, omit this detail in presenting the statistics relating to that country. From the Reports of the Board of Commissioners in Lunacy for Scotland, it appears that in 1860 there were of insane persons: 1. Of paupers in asylums and poorhouses, three thousand three hundred and seventy-nine (3,379); of the same class in private dwellings, eighteen hundred and forty-seven (1,847). 2. Of private patients in asylums, nine hundred and seventy-one (971); and in private dwellings, twenty-one (21): making a total of both classes of six thousand two hundred and eighteen (6,218). These numbers are understood to be exclusive of criminals and imbecile children. In 1869 there were under observation: 1. Of pauper patients in asylums and poorhouses, four thousand four hundred and ninety-four (4,494); and in private dwellings, one thousand and five hundred (1,500).