Annual report : 104th, 1932 / The Lawn Lincoln.

  • Lawn Hospital (Lincoln, England)
Date:
1932
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Credit: Annual report : 104th, 1932 / The Lawn Lincoln. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Registered Hospital for Mental and Nervous Diseases. Objects of the Hospital. The Lawn was founded in 1819 by voluntary subscriptions, and its object is to provide accommodation for men and women of the educated classes having only moderate means, who would appreciate comforts approximating to their home surroundings, and the individual attention that is possible only where numbers are limited. Its aim has always been to supply the best conditions possible at a charge which merely covers the actual cost of treatment, and to help those unable to pay even this by supplementing from its charitable funds what they can themselves contribute. Such grants in aid are given in preference to residents of Lincolnshire. The Institution is a Registered Hospital, not a private speculation, It is conducted by a Board of Governors, whose whole aim is to promote the comfort, well-being and enlightened treatment of the Patients, and who have no pecuniary interest in its prosperity. Any surplus funds are utilised either in charitable grants or in improving the amenities of the Hospital. A Meeting of the Governors is held at the Hospital on the last Thursday in each month at 12 o’clock noon. The Hospital stands in extensive grounds on the southern slope of the hill-top near the Cathedral and Castle, combining the advantages of country and town ; fresh air, sunshine, and a free outlook over a wide expanse of country, with easy access to the City and its opportunities for social contacts. Nervous and Mental Disorders, like other forms of ill-health, are most likely to yield to treatment if this is obtained early, and as far as possible at a stage when the patient is co-operative and desirous of cure. Any patient who wishes for treatment in the hospital can be admitted with¬ out any formality beyond signing a statement to that effect, and may leave after giving 72 hours notice of such intention. Patients incapable of such co-operation in treatment must be certified as private patients, and the responsible relative who acts as petitioner has the right to discharge them at any time. Full particulars and forms which must be completed before admission may be obtained from the Resident Medical Superintendent, to whom all correspondence must be addressed. It is very desirable that when enquiries are made they should be accompanied by a report from the patient’s medical attendant, to avoid delay in deciding whether a suitable vacancy is available for the particular requirements of the case.
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