Fifth annual report of the Fife and Kinross District Board of Lunacy : September 1871.

  • Fife and Kinross District Board of Lunacy.
Date:
1871
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Credit: Fifth annual report of the Fife and Kinross District Board of Lunacy : September 1871. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT BY THE FIFE AND KINROSS DISTRICT BOARD OF LUNACY. The Fife and Kinross District Lunacy Board beg to lay before the Ratepayers of the Counties and Burghs within the District their Fifth Annual Report. The total sum now expended in purchasing the site, including the land necessary for purposes of employment and recreation, and of building and furnishing the Asylum with the additions which were soon found necessary, is £40,750 Is Od. During the year no new works of any importance have been undertaken, and the expen¬ diture under this head may be considered practically closed. The statute, however, lays the burden of maintaining the fabric of the Asylum upon the Counties and Burghs, so that slight addi¬ tions to the total sum under the “ Construction and Maintenance Account” must annually be made. The debt incurred in the pur¬ chase of ground, building, and equipment of the Asylum is in course of liquidation by annual payments from assessments extending over thirty years. The present amount of debt is <£29,309, 15s lOd. The annual charge for maintenance and superintendence of patients is defrayed by the Parochial Boards who pay at present £24 per annum for the board, clothing, lodging, and medical treat¬ ment of each pauper chargeable to them. A few private patients are received who are treated in all respects on the same footing as the pauper patients, but are charged a somewhat higher rate of board. For the mode in which the Asylum has been conducted during the year, the District Board beg to refer to the entries in the Patient's Book by the Commissioners of Lunacy, and to express their satisfaction at the favourable nature of the remarks contained therein. Full details as to the number of patients, and of the