Twenty-ninth annual report of the county and city of Worcester Pauper Lunatic Asylum.
- Worcester Pauper Lunatic Asylum.
- Date:
- 1882
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Twenty-ninth annual report of the county and city of Worcester Pauper Lunatic Asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![THE TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF VISITORS OF THE COUNTY AND CITY OF WORCESTER PAUPER LUNATIC ASYLUM, .Presented to the Justices of the County at the Epiphany Quarter Sessions, 1882, and to the Town Council of the City of Worcester, within twenty days of the 20th of December, 1881, pursuant to the 62nd Section of “ The Lunatic Asylums Act, 1853.” Yonr Committee consider that the first paragraph in their Report should express their sense of the great loss which the Asylum and the County and City have sustained in the death of the late Dr. Sherlock, which occurred on the 13th of May last, and they think that the best tribute which they nan here pay to his memory and worth is to repeat the Minute wThich they passed unanimously at a Special Meeting, held on the 23rd of May. It was as follows:—■ [Copy Minute.] “ This being the first meeting of the Committee of Visitors since the death of Dr. Sherlock, they wish to express their deep sorrow at the irreparable loss they and the County and City have sustained. Dr. Sherlock was appointed Medical Superin¬ tendent of this Asylum within two years of its establishment, and under his able management and supervision has this large and important](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30313417_0003.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
