The first annual report on madhouses, made in the year 1816 : ordered by the House of Commons to be printed April 26 1816 ... / Made by the noblemen and gentlemen, who were appointed by the House of Commons, as a Select Committee, to enquire and consider of provision being made for the better regulation of public and private madhouses in England ... Consisting of important minutes of evidence ... including two letters.

  • Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee on Mad-Houses in England.
Date:
1816
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Credit: The first annual report on madhouses, made in the year 1816 : ordered by the House of Commons to be printed April 26 1816 ... / Made by the noblemen and gentlemen, who were appointed by the House of Commons, as a Select Committee, to enquire and consider of provision being made for the better regulation of public and private madhouses in England ... Consisting of important minutes of evidence ... including two letters. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    burton knew he was a great brute, and had often told Mr. Talbot to turn him away. In your hearing ?—No ; I heard Mr. Talbot say, tliat. Mr. War- burton had been talking to him about Sam, and desired that he would send him away; he said he should let them know he was master of the house—Sam should not go away. My brother re- ceived a note from Mr. Warburton a few days after, it might be a fortnight, desiring me to come up to Covent Garden Coifee-house, and inquire for a Mr. M , there was a situation which he thought would suit me; I did, and agreed with a person of respec- tability to go and have the care of her sister, which I did. How long did you stay with that person ?—I staid near a twelve- month. Why did you quit that situation ?—The sister of the lady whom I had under my charge married, and that made an alteration in the family. Have you ever received from that family any testimonials of your good conduct during the time that you lived in it?—I have a note in my pocket which I received. [The witness delivered in a recommendation of the family in which she had lived, in which it was stated she was recom- mended by Mr. Warburton. ] Martis, 2° die Aprilis, 1816. The Honourable HENRY GREY RENNET, in the Chair. Andrew Baird, M. D. called in, and Examined. WHAT situation do you hold:—Inspector of Naral Hospitals. Did you ever belong to the Board of sick and wounded? —Yes. Did you consider it as part of your duty to visit the es- tablishment of Lunatic seamen, at Sir Jonathan Miles’s, at Hoxton ?—I once visited that institution. I felt that the whole Board considered it as much a duty us any other at- tached to them. What year was it in which you visited that Institution ? I was appointed a Commissioner for the Sick and Wounded Board, and charged with the duty of Inspector of Hospitals in March 1803. I left that Board in June 1804, and my visit was made during that period. ' Are the Committee to understand that you made that visit considering it to be a part of your duty, and not from mere motives ofhumanity ?—Certainly as a part of my duty. Was there any distinct order existing on the Minutes of the Board, directing periodical visits to be made by mem- bers of it to that establishment ?—I do not know that there u 2