Royal Albert Asylum for the care, education, and training of idiotic, imbecile, and weak-minded children and young persons, belonging to Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland : thirty-fifth annual report.

  • Royal Albert Asylum (Lancaster, England)
Date:
1899
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Credit: Royal Albert Asylum for the care, education, and training of idiotic, imbecile, and weak-minded children and young persons, belonging to Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland : thirty-fifth annual report. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OCCUPATIONS OF BOYS. Number employed in each grade, and quality of work. Total number em¬ ployed. Grades of Work. Indif¬ ferent. Fair. Good. Ex¬ cellent. VI. FARMING. \ 1. Preliminary work—weeding, &c. 0 0 0 0 0 Oi 2. Cleaning yards, shippons, &c. 0 0 0 0 0 T P 3. Feeding stock. 0 1 0 0 1 4. Weeding amongst crops (Hoe) . 0 2 6 0 8 r 3 5. Work with Horses and Carts . 0 0 0 1 1 td 6. Milking, &c . 0 0 1 4 2 3 i V2 ca VII. INDUSTRIAL TRAINING SHOP. _j cn 7^ 1. Picking Hair, Wool, &c. 11 12 7 0 30] 2. Plaiting Coir . 0 0 0 0 o B. 5' 3. Mat-making . 3 3 4 1 11 t—1 1 1-1 4. Brush-filling . 5 3 1 2 11 of? a 5. Palliasse and Mattress-making. 0 0 0 0 6. Basket-making* . 0 1 2 1 o D. ►O P • (—* *Also 12patients make Baskets in School. VIII. Miscellaneous Occupations. cn 1. Shoe-cleaning. 4 4 3 3 14 on 3 2. Corridor-cleaning and Ward-work ... 1 2 2 4 9 5T o © 3. Laundry-work—mangling, &c., &c. ... 8 7 2 0 17 p* 3 2 4. Store-work and Kitchen and Dairy ... 3 1 5 4 13 > P W 5. Assisting Stoker . 0 0 0 1 1 '<3 © 3 6 Assisting Baker . 3 2 2 3 10 0 7. Employed in Office . 0 0 1 1 2 } © / P* Total number of Senior Boys employed in Industrial Occupations. 200. Thirteen Senior Boys (also otherwise employed) act as Messengers to Lancaster. Several others assist in Dormitory and Day-room arrangements, and in dressing and attending on other Patients. 21 Junior Boys are taught needlework, 50 do Kindergarten work, and 12 make beds. OCCUPATIONS OF GIRLS. No. employed in each occupation, and quality of work. Total number Chief kinds of Occupation. Indif¬ ferent. Fair. Good. Ex¬ cellent. em¬ ployed. 1. Sweeping, dusting, &c,. 0 2 8 1 u\ 2. Bed-making . 0 23 15 5 43 3. Scrubbing and general house work ... 0 7 6 6 19 89 4. Laundry-work. 5. *Sewing and knitting . 1 0 0 2 14 16 Storey Home for Girls— Scrubbing and house-work . 4 12 14 30 *In School 27 Girls are engaged in preliminary work with needle, 11 hem, 3 sew fairly, 20 sew fairly and knit, 10 sew, knit, and darn, and 11 work at basket-making. JAMES DIGGENS, Principal and Secretary.