In a census search I came across an 1881 census for an asylum. It seems that most of the women were servants with proffession down as nurse, and while there were some men down as servants the majority were down as pauper patients. The institution in question is in Ecclesfield, Yorkshire.
My question is twofold: were there really nearly one nurse per patient, maybe there were really inmates too; and was it a mental hospital or could it have been a workhouse? Some of the men are down as lunatics (as well as their trade), but most just have a trade recorded. The age range is from child to late 70's, but most are between 30 and 50.
Were there seperate institutions for men and women?