James (2) Woodhurst - Banstead Asylum
Notes
James (2) Woodhurst was admitted to Middlesex County's lunatic asylum at Banstead, Surrey in 1877. The details below have been transcribed from his entry in the asylum's Register of Admissions for 1877 [LMA: Piece H22/BAN/B/01/001] held in the London Metropolitan Archives.
Admission Record
Admission No. 404
Date of Admission: September 7th 1877
Person: James Woodhurst, aged 59, warehouseman, married [but he was actually 2 months short of 59]
Previous Place of Abode: Bethnal House Asylum
Chargeable to: Hackney Union
By Whose Authority: Arthur Palliser and A.W. Gadesden
Form of Mental Disorder: deluded and incoherent
Supposed Cause of Insanity: not known
Bodily Condition: impaired
Epileptic Fits: no
Suicidal: yes
Dangerous to others: no
Congenital Idiot: no
Duration of Existing Attacks: not known
No. of Previous Attacks: not known
Age on First Attack: 57
Date of Discharge, Removal or Death: died January 10th 1881 [in error - it was actually January 10th 1882]
Observations: removed from Bethnal House Asylum