Seventh annual report of the Cumberland and Westmorland Lunatic Asylum : 1868.

  • Cumberland and Westmorland Lunatic Asylum
Date:
1869
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Credit: Seventh annual report of the Cumberland and Westmorland Lunatic Asylum : 1868. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    15 male and 24 female patients have, for causes duly recorded, been placed in seclusion, the former altogether on 21, and the latter on 28 occasions. The ward returns, relative to employment, show the following results* Males. Females. Land and Grounds .. 93 Sewing and Knitting .. 44 Trades 18 Laundry department .. 14 Otherwise 37 Kitchen and Offices .. 10 Otherwise 24 Total 148 Total 92 The greater part of the men’s clothing and all that of the women are made in the Asylum, as also are nearly all the shoes for each sex. The mattresses, pillow cases, and other bedding for the new male block have all been made up by the labour of the patients. This block which will, as the analogous block on the female side, accommodate 105 patients (of whom 20 will be in the portion appropriated to the purposes of an Infirmary) will very shortly (possibly next week) be brought into occupation. The male patients, 60 in number, who, as stated in the last report, provisionally sleep in four dormitories belonging to the female side will be removed to the new block, but in consequence of the preponderance in the number of male patients, only a part of those dormitories, containing 34 beds, will be for the present restored to the female division. When the above arrangement shall have been carried out there will be 58 vacant beds in the male division, and 38 in the female. Divine Service in the chapel is, according to the latest returns, attended on Sundays by 105 male patients and 67 female, and on the week days by 88 of the former, and 40 of the latter. We have satisfaction in reporting most favourably of the personal condition and demeanour of the patients of both sexes who were generally well dressed and free from excitement. We saw the patients of both sexes in the hall at dinner, which was very good and comfortably served. The arrangements for out-door exercise, recreation, and amuse¬ ment, continue satisfactory. We found the several galleries, rooms,
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