| Description Of Item | Pages from the Report of the Inspector of Lunatic Asylums on the Hospitals for the Insane, concerning the Colony of Victoria for the years 1871 and 1872. The page concerning 1871 shows a table comparing insanity rates in Victoria with England. The page concerning 1872 features the same table but with updated statistics, and overleaf there is information about the increasing insanity rates. From the collection of Thomas Laycock. |