Royal Albert Asylum for the education and training of idiots and imbeciles belonging to Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland : seventeenth annual report.

Royal Albert Asylum (Lancaster, England)

Date:: 1881

Credit: Royal Albert Asylum for the education and training of idiots and imbeciles belonging to Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland : seventeenth annual report. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$TABLE OF INDUSTRIAL OCCUPATIONS OF PATIENTS. This Table is compiled from the Quarterly Returns of the Trade Instructors, Chief Attendant, and Head Nurse. It must be understood that the Occupations are progressive m order of difficulty, from 1 to 6; occupation in a higher grade usually implying familiarity with the lower grades. J OCCUPATIONS OF BOYS. Number employed in each grade, with quality of work. Total number em¬ ployed. Grades of Work. In¬ different. F air. Good. | Ex¬ cellent. I. TAILORING. I 1 1 1. Preliminary Work. 2 2 1 0 1 2. Sewing Linings . 0 3 5 1 9 GO 3. Do. Seams. 0 0 2 0 2 H | 4. Felling . 0 0 1 0 1 1- h 5. Making Garments. 0 0 1 0 1 6. Machining. II. SHOEMAKING. 0 0 0 0 0/ P l—i 1. Preliminary Work. 1 3 0 0 4) h-1 w 2 Stitching Backs . 0 1 0 0 1 1—1 3. Closing Sides. 0 1 1 1 3 cd 4. Patching and Nailing. 0 0 0 0 0 r S p 5. Repairing. 0 0 2 0 2 kT* CD 6. Bottoming (making) . 0 0 1 0 lj CO III. JOINERY. I 1. Preliminary work (use of tools) .. .. 0 2 9 1 12 \ 2. Making pins, &c. 0 0 0 0 0 co 3. Making frames. 0 1 1 0 2 £ 1 4. Making simple boxes, &c. 0 1 1 0 2 - £ 5. Dovetailing .. . 0 0 3 0 3 CD | h-2 6. Machine Work (boring at lathe) .. .. IY. GARDENING. 0 0 1 0 0 o) CO • I t- 1. Preliminary work in weeding-class .. 14 5 12 2 33 Weed- 2. Barrow-filling and emptying.. ». .. 1 1 1 0 ing ] 3 Boys to 3. Digging. 0 0 4 2 6 h-1 4. Weeding amongst crops. 0 2 3 3 8 Q _ go 5. Picking peas, fruit, &c. 0 o 4 0 4 a fi. Potato-setting, &c. .. .. 0 1 o ! 0 0 0 ) 2 CD hi CO •$