Journal of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland Second Session of the Third General Assembly St. John's , W.R.Shea , 1844 Colonial Government Journals -------------------------------------------------------- Admit. = admitted ; Dis. = disease , Disch. = discharged * = addition info. , &c= I believe this means" etc." ? = means I can't read it , or not there.. { } = my own comments ---------------------------------------------------------------------- " Of all Pauper Patients which have been placed in St. John's Hospital [ at the expense of the Colony ] and attended by the Surgeon of the said Hospital, between the 1st July , 1843 and 30 th March, 1844 , distinguishing Lunatics." -------------------------------------------- Mary Mooney , age 49 yrs Admit - Nov . 18 , 1833 >From - St. John's Dis. - Idiocy * Confined to her bed over the last 10 yrs, having no control over her person in any way. ---------------------------------------- Stephen Brazil , age 33 yrs Admit - Sept. 1 , 1837 >From - St. John's Dis .- Lunacy ----------------------------------------- Francis Paeton , age 68 yrs Admit - Sept. 1 , 1837 >From - St. John's Dis - Hemiplegia * Produced from fatigue & cold. -------------------------------------- Charles Lush , age ? Admit - Oct. 17 , 1837 >From - Greenspond Dis - Lunacy * Labored under his Mental affection several years before admission into Hospital, he is occasionally violent. --------------------------------------------------------- Charity Bickford , age 61 yrs Admit - Nov .28 , 1832 >From - St. John's Dis - Mania * For the last 30 yrs very eccentric & harmless. --------------------------------------------------- William Fitzgerald , age 45 yrs Admit - Dec. 18 , 1836 >From - St. John's Gaol Dis - Mental Derangement * Produced by excessive use of ardent spirits, and under which excitement he committed infanticide , for the last 5 yrs he has been perfectly correct. ------------------------------------- Mary McDonald , age 29 yrs Admit - Dec. 27 , 1839 >From - Harbour Grace Dis - Idiocy Disch - Nov 1 , 1843 * She has lately been so quiet I have placed her as an outdoor patient at Six Shillings per week. ------------------------------------------------------------- Mary Foley , age 40 yrs Admit - Jan. 20 , 1840 >From - St. John's Gaol Dis - Lunacy * Periodically violent & mischievous . She was pregnant when admitted and soon after delivered of a fine son. ---------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Ingram ,age 31 yrs Admit - July 8 , 1841 >From - St. John's Dis - Asthma & dropsy -------------------------------------------- Susan Bickham , age 30 yrs Admit - Oct. 27 , 1841 >From - St. John's Dis - Idiocy * Confined to her bed & having no control over her limbs &c. -------------------------------------------------------- Catherine Connolly , age 52 yrs Admit - June 12 , 1842 >From - St. John's Gaol Dis - Total blindness & debility * She has been a Soldiers wife & unfortunate in her habits --------------------------------------------------------- James Donovan , age 3? { can't make out 2nd # } Admit - July 23 , 1842 >From - St. John's Dis - Manalgia * Laboured under Hypochondriasis fro a long time before admitted into Hospital . --------------------------------------------------------- Bridget Grace , age ? Admit - ? >From - St. John's Dis - Lunacy Disch. Dec. 15 * On her admission she was violent & destructive , lately very much improved, and is now living with her sister at Logy Bay on an allowance of 6s per week. ------------------------------------------------------------- Mary Caroline , age ? Admit -June 2 , 1843 >From -St. John's Dis - Lunacy Disch. - Nov. 14 * On allowance of 6s per week. -------------------------------------------------------- Betsy Keel , age ? Admit - ? >From - St. John's Dis - Distorted Spine * She had no use of her limbs when admitted, now on an allowance of 6s per week. ------------------------------------------------------ Sarah Bartlett , age ? Admit - Jan. 4 , 1843 >From - ? Dis - Mental Affection Disch. - Jan. 6 ----------------------------------------------------- Dianna Bussey , age ? Admit - Jan. 7 , 1843 >From - St. John's Dis - Temporay Insanity ------------------------------------------------- William Quigley Admit - April 14 , 1843 >From - St. John's Dis- Lunacy Disch. - May 30 * Frequently attacked with Epilepsy & very Violent. ----------------------------------------------------- to be continued..... ~ Ann~ Ann { MacDonald } Batten