The report of the Committee of Visitors of the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum, for the year 1859 : presented to the Court, at Wakefield sessions, January 3rd, 1860.
- West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum
- Date:
- 1860
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The report of the Committee of Visitors of the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum, for the year 1859 : presented to the Court, at Wakefield sessions, January 3rd, 1860. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![New Church. New Fence. Improve¬ ment of Wards. A pletion and consequent occupation of Ivy House which contains forty beds. The new dining hall, kitchens, and centra] offices, which are being built under the direction of Mr. Hartley, the Biding Surveyor, are rapidly approaching completion, and will, it is expected, be ready for use in the month of March next. A new church is being erected within the Asylum grounds, on a plan similar to that adopted by the Great Northern Bailway Company in their church at Doncaster. The extent of the accommodation it will afford is estimated to be seven hundred sittings. A substantial fence, consisting of palisading upon a dwarf wall, is being placed around the whole of the southern portion of the Asylum estate. The suggestions of the Commissioners in Lunacy at their last visit have all been carefully considered by the Visitors, and as far as practicable, during the interval that has elapsed, have in many cases been carried out under the direction of the Medical Superintendent; and the Committee of Visitors have authorized a continuance of the thorough repair and alteration of the interior of the Asylum. Nearly](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30314124_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
