The report of the committee of visitors, superintendent and chaplain of the Cheshire Lunatic Asylum : together with the annual statement of accounts, made to the court of general quarter sessions of the peace, holden at Nether Knutsford, in and for the county of Chester, on Monday, April 12th, 1869.

  • Cheshire County Lunatic Asylum
Date:
1869
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Credit: The report of the committee of visitors, superintendent and chaplain of the Cheshire Lunatic Asylum : together with the annual statement of accounts, made to the court of general quarter sessions of the peace, holden at Nether Knutsford, in and for the county of Chester, on Monday, April 12th, 1869. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Attendants’ Dining Hall, as lias been the case heretofore.. Of all the changes since the Institution existed, no one has contributed more than this toward tlie perfection of the Establishment. The steam cooking boilers have been covered in with metal platest instead of, as formerly, by a brick wall which had to be frecpiently pulled down in order to get at the pipes when they became obstructed. There is a plate opposite each boiler opening with a carriage lock so: that the steam pipes are at once got at. Less steam is required fori cooking. Coal is saved, and the plates being a little ornamental, are}< pleasing to the eye—a consideration of no small importance in ar Lunatic Asylum. A new gas purifying apparatus has been erected and the oldi one put in good repair, thereby enabling us to make gas of a very, superior quality. It is unneccessary to go further into detail relative to internalj] improvements, suffice it to say that in no former year has so much, been done to repair, make better, embellish and render convenient . the interior of the Building. Out of doors, an orchard has been planted, a boundary walk : partially formed round the estate, and 760 yards of wire fencing' erected. The walk, when eompleted, will extend about a mile and . will be a pleasant summer resort to the inmates. The Attendants, Nurses, and Servants generally, have conducted themselves in a commendable way; but I regret having to state that ; a few of them have been dismissed for mis-conduct, wilful neglect of ” patients, and incompetency. The altered arrangement in the female department, consequent upon the resignation of the Head Female Attendant, by which her duties have devolved upon the Matron, she being relieved of the cutting-out by the appointment of a woman to cut-out and also i another Attendant whose duty it is to attend to the repairs, will I enable the Matron to devote her whole time and attention to the wards.
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