Sussex County Lunatic Asylum Haywards Heath annual report : 1893

  • Great Britain. Sussex County Lunatic Asylum
Date:
1893
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Credit: Sussex County Lunatic Asylum Haywards Heath annual report : 1893. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Your Committee, in accordance with the recommenda- tions of Mr. F. D. Boggis-Rolfe, the District Auditor, contained in his report for the year ended 31st March, 1892, adopted a new system of accounts. The new system is similar to the form of accounts used in the Asylums under the control of the London County Council, and is the form approved by the Local Government Board. The Committee are very satisfied with the way in which Mr. Mortlock, the Clerk of the Asylum, has carried out and adapted himself to the change. ; | | On the 15th June last Mr. Boggis-Rolfe reported on his audit for the year ended 31st March, 1893, and again reported favourably on the manner in which the accounts were kept. In February last your Committee granted a Super- annuation Allowance of £57 4s. a year to Charles Stebbing, who for many years had discharged the duties of head gardener, which grant has already received the sanction of the Councils. | Your Committee also in September last granted Superannuation Allowances to attendant Horace Parks of £46 13s. 4d. a year; to head laundry-maid Eliza Pinyoun of £38 a year; and to the head baker Thomas William Chatfield of £45 a year. The sanction of the Councils to these grants is asked for in separate reports. Throughout the year the patients and the wards have been regularly visited and inspected by your Committee. The crowded and congested state of the Asylum has, during the past year, caused great anxiety to your Committee, and they have used every means in their