The report of the Committee of Visitors of the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum, for the year 1858 : presented to the Court, at Wakefield sessions, 4th January, 1859.

  • West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Date:
1859
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Credit: The report of the Committee of Visitors of the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum, for the year 1858 : presented to the Court, at Wakefield sessions, 4th January, 1859. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    marked advantages, not only on account of affording a pleasant walk to and from service, but also in that there is likely to be more complete isolation from asylum associations, and consequently a more favourable opportunity for hearty and grateful participation in the devotional exercises of our church. A matter which has engaged our anxious attention for some time past, has been the state of the water supply to the institution. The springs on the asylum estate had been gradually failing for a long time past, it is believed owing to the draining off of the water by neighbouring collieries. At length the scarcity became so great, that the committee, after consultation with a competent water engineer, wisely determined to make an arrangement with the Wakefield Water Works Company, and to lay down a separate main of their own to the service reservoir of the company, about 1200 yards distant from the institution. This has just been satisfactorily completed under the direction of Mr. Hartley, the County Surveyor; and I am glad to say, that the water will flow by its own gravity into our highest cisterns, so that we shall not, in future, be under any apprehension as to scarcity of this most important necessary. I have much pleasure in acknowledging the zealous assistance and co-operation of the various officers of the institution, upon whom a change in the director¬ ship, and the extensive alterations and improvements in progress, have necessarily entailed a large amount of increased labour, but which has been most cheerfully undertaken.
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