The Royal Albert Institution, Lancaster : for the feeble-minded belonging to Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland fifty-fourth annual report.

  • Royal Albert Institution (Lancaster, England)
Date:
1918
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Credit: The Royal Albert Institution, Lancaster : for the feeble-minded belonging to Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland fifty-fourth annual report. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Mods of Electing Patients.—Subscribers have the option of voting directly by means oi voting papers, or of transferring their votes to their respective Local or County Committees. Canvassing for votes is prohibited. Votes.—Donors of five guineas have a life-vote, and Annual Subscribers of half a guinea an annual vote, for each vacancy due to their respective Counties. The right of voting, as regards higher sums, increases in the same proportion. Perpetuation of Votes.—At the death of a Donor, a vote for every ten guineas of his gift is vested in perpetuity in the Committee of the County to which the gift was originally made ; and Legacies confer the same privilege. This voting power is never to exceed one-fourth of the entire voting power belonging to the Donors and Subscribers in the County. Government.—The government of the Institution is confided to : (a) A Central Committee, which consists of representatives from each of the Local Committees, in addition to fifteen Subscribers resident in the neighbourhood of Lancaster, elected at each Annual General Meeting. (5) County Committees constituted by the members of the Central Committee forming themselves into Sub-Committees for promoting, in their respec¬ tive Counties, the interests of the Institution. (c) Local Committees formed for the purpose of obtaining funds and generally promoting the interests of the Institution. Every Local Committee is entitled to send one representative to the Central Committee, and also an additional representative for each entire thousand guineas in donations after the first thousand guineas, and for each entire fifty guineas in annual subscriptions after the first fifty guineas, con¬ tributed in that district. The number of patients elected by each County is regulated by the amount of its contributions. Of the 734 inmates now in the Institution, 278 belong to Lancashire, 230 to Yorkshire, 66 to Durham, 65 to Cheshire, 43 to Cumberland, 21 to Northumber¬ land and 18 to Westmorland. Thirteen payment cases belong to counties not included in the Institution district. The object, being one of broad Christian philanthropy challenges the sym¬ pathy of all classes, and the Committee confidently appeal for help to rescue the Feeble-minded from physical deterioration and mental and moral darkness. The applications for admission are both numerous and urgent. The Central Committee, therefore, while gratefully acknowledging the generous support which they have received in the past, earnestly APPEAL FOR ADDITIONAL DONATIONS AND ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS. Legacies are invested for the permanent benefit of the Institution. Donors of FIVE HUNDRED GUINEAS are entitled to name an ENDOWED BED, which will be distinguished by a Brass Tablet. Reports, regulations, application forms and other information will be gladly supplied by the Secretary, Mr. Samuel Keir, The Royal Albert Institution, Lancaster. RICHARD F. CAVENDISH, Chairman of the Central Committee. CHARLES F. TETLEY, \ GEORGE D. KILLEY, r Vice-Chairmen. WILLIAM G. WELCH, J SAMUEL KEIR, Secretary. The Central Committee desire to drew attention to the advantages of BRUNTON HOUSE as a Home for Private Patients attending the scholastic and industrial classes at the Institution. BRUNTON HOUSE, with its extensive private grounds, is pleasantly situated at a little distance from the Institution, and combines for Patients paying remunerative rates the seclusion and comforts of a Private Residence with the hygienic, educational and training resources of a Public Institution under responsible management. Terms on application to the Secretary.