Report of the County Lunatic Asylum at Prestwich : presented to the Court of Adjourned Annual Session, December 28, 1865 with the accounts of the receipts and payments of the treasurer of the said asylum.

  • Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum at Prestwich.
Date:
1866
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Report of the County Lunatic Asylum at Prestwich : presented to the Court of Adjourned Annual Session, December 28, 1865 with the accounts of the receipts and payments of the treasurer of the said asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “ 8.—The asphalting of the Drying Ground. “ The weekly charges for Lancashire and out-county Patients, respectively, are as before, 7s. 7d. and 12s. 3d. The Asylum will not accommodate more than 500 Patients of each sex. Consequently, the two Male Patients absent on leave being deemed as in the Asylum, there are at present only two vacant beds on each side. However, pursuant to mutual notices, by the end of the present month, the Shropshire Patients, 44 in number—36 Males and 8 Females—will be removed. “ The general condition and management of the Asylum continue to be very creditable to the Medical and other Officers. (Signed) “ R. W. S. LUTWIDGE, f‘ ROBERT NAXRNE, “ Commissioners in Lunacy.” The average weekly cost per patient during the year has been 7s. lOfd. I have the honour to remain, Gentlemen, Your faithful servant, J. HOLLAND, F.R.C.S., Superintendent. To the Committe of Visitors of the County Asylum, Prestwich.