A1940

Transcribed and submitted by Jean Spiegelberg 2008

Waupaca County Asylum - Weyauwega, WI
Superintendent’s Report – Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1940

Physician’s Report – Mortality List

Name	Age	Date	Cause of death
Charles Von Berg	77	August 26, 1939	Arteriosclerosis
Selma Iverson	43	November 5, 1939	Chronic nephritis
Merritt Clark	75	January 5, 1940	Chronic myocarditis
Harry Hyer	42	January 14, 1940	Pulmonary tuberculosis
Floretta Mason	84	January 22, 1940	Arteriosclerosis
John Kenyon	65	March 31, 1940	Chronic nephritis
Clara Burbank	43	April 11, 1940	Chronic nephritis
Thomas Mayne	73	April 12, 1940	Cancer of the stomach
Adolph Siljord	45	May 10, 1940	Cerebral hemorrhage
Harold Hutchinson	38	May 18, 1040	Epilepsy

Patients Classified according to diagnosis:

	Male	Female
Mental deficiency	11	16
Feeble minded	13	8
Psychosis with cerebral arteriosclerosis	13	11
Dementia precox	19	9
Dementia precox – paranoid	5	6
Dementia precox – hebephrenic	16	9
Pre-senile psychosis	1	0
Psychosis – manic depressive	5	10
General paralysis	2	1
Epileptic	4	2
Traumatic psychosis	2	0
Delusions	2	0
Imbecile	1	1
Psychoneurosis	1	2
Apathetic	1	0
Post encephalitis	1	0
Senile changes	2	1
Unclassified	10	17
Total	100	93

We, the attending physicians, wish to thank the Honorable Board of Trustees, the Superintendent, Matron, and the Employees, and Attendants for their cooperation for the performance of our duties.

Respectfully submitted – Attending physicians:
E. H. JONES, M.D.
E. A. WELLER, M.D.

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