Report of the Committee of Visitors of the County Lunatic Asylum, at the Epiphany Sessions, 1870 / [Hants County Lunatic Asylum].

  • Hampshire County Lunatic Asylum
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[1870?]
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Credit: Report of the Committee of Visitors of the County Lunatic Asylum, at the Epiphany Sessions, 1870 / [Hants County Lunatic Asylum]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    continued To meet the continually increasing; pressure for accom Pressure for J forCpSntstion m°dation, the number of Borough Patients has bee further slightly reduced. Considerable relief has also bee; obtained by the removal of 48 quiet and harmless Patient to their respective Workhouses. A circular was addressee to the Guardians of the different Unions, recommendin this course to be taken in case of those Patients who, i the opinion of Dr. Manley, might be easily and proper]: managed in the Workhouses. They were discharged, i| the first instance, for one month only, upon trial; but tl experiment proved successful, and it is satisfactory to yoi Committee to have thus provided space for the recepticj of many urgent cases, without parting with a large number of those chargeable to the Boroughs. In spite, however, of these arrangements, the Asylum j again full, and it is obvious that the Workhouses can, an; indeed, ought to be, available only to a limited extent i the way of relief. The whole subject of this tendency to over-crowding j of great importance, and will continue to receive tl anxious attention of your Committee. Receipts and Expenditure So far as can be ascertained, the income and expenditu r the year have been as follows :— Beceipts on Maintenance Account ... £14492 5 7 Payments on Ditto ... 14137 6 5 Balance. ... £354 19 2 Beceipts on Building Account ... 879 17 10 Payments on Ditto 756 17 7 Balance .,. ... ... ,., ... £123 0 3
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