^∗ It is true that if the recoveries in the three classes of asylums are compared, the result without an explanation is confessedly not particularly favourable to private asylums. Thus during 19 years (1859 to 1877 inclusive) the cures were for County and Borough Asylums, 35·38 per cent. (of admissions); Registered Hospitals, 37·99; Metropolitan Private Asylums, 27·27; Provincial Private Asylums, 31·21; Private Single patients, 9·43. But Mr. Newington's reply to these figures would be that the proprietors of Private Asylums are practically debarred from their full share of cures by the late arrival of patients.Google Scholar