The report of the Committee of Visitors and Medical Superintendent of the Devon County Lunatic Asylum.

  • Devon County Lunatic Asylum.
Date:
[1856?]
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Credit: The report of the Committee of Visitors and Medical Superintendent of the Devon County Lunatic Asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    a Farm-Yard, with Feeding Stalls, Dairy, and Laborer’s Cottage, the expense of which has been estimated at £800. The plans have been submitted to us, and - are now under our consideration; but we have given no further instructions upon them. In consideration of the long and efficient services of the Superinten¬ dent, Dr. Bucknill, ever since the first establishment of the Asylum, we have considered it our duty to advance his Salary from £500 to £600 a-year. There has also been a change during the past year in the Officers of the Asylum. Mr. Bale having resigned the Office of Steward, on ^account of his health, Mr. Morgan has been appointed to succeed him; and, within the last week, Miss Rawlings has been appointed'Matron in the room of Miss Fielding, who has been elected to that Office at the Stafford Asylum. We have every reason to hope that both these appointments will be satisfactory. We again beg leave to remind the Court that it is their duty to appoint the Visitors for the ensuing year at the present Sessions. * £ ' SAMUEL TREHAWKE KEKEWICH, CHAIRMAN.