Royal Albert Asylum for the education and training of idiots & imbeciles belonging to Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland : thirteenth annual report.

  • Royal Albert Asylum (Lancaster, England)
Date:
1877
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Credit: Royal Albert Asylum for the education and training of idiots & imbeciles belonging to Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland : thirteenth annual report. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING AT HALIFAX. ■o The GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the Subscribers to the Royal Albert Asylum was held at the Assembly Rooms, Halifax, on Wednesday, October 24th, 1877, FREDERICK T. MAPPIN, ESQ., Chairman of the Yorkshire Committee, PRESIDING. The proceedings having been opened with prayer, the General Secretary (Mr. James Diggens) presented the Report of the Central Committee, and the Chairman addressed the Meeting. The following RESOLUTIONS were then unanimously passed:— 1.—That this Meeting approves and adopts the Report now presented; and, whilst cor¬ dially congratulating the Central Committee upon the success of their labours to ameliorate the condition of the deeply afflicted Idiot and Imbecile, and gratefully acknowledging also the steady financial progress of the Asylum, this Meeting trusts that the Committee will speedily receive such further liberal support as will enable them to utilise, without delay, the entire accommodation afforded by the Asylum. Moved by John T. Hibbert, Esq., M.P.; seconded by Hugh Birley, Esq., M.P.; and supported by the Mayor of Halifax (Nathan Whitley, Esq.), and Joshua Appleyard, Esq., of Halifax. 2. —That the continued success of the County of Durham Ladies’ Association having practically shown the great usefulness of such agencies, both in the regular augmentation of the funds of the Asylum and in promoting the early election of eligible and necessitous cases, this Meeting earnestly invites the co-operation of the Local Committees and other active friends of the Asylum, in the formation of Ladies’ Associations throughout the district of the Seven Counties. Moved by the Rev. F. Pigou, M.A., Vicar of Halifax; seconded by W. H. Rawson, Esq., of Halifax. 3. —That this Meeting gratefully recognises the important and constant services rendered to the Asylum by the Lancaster Members of the Central Committee, and, in com¬ pliance with Rule 24, hereby re-appoints those Gentlemen members of the Central Committee for the ensuing year. Dr. E. Denis de Vitre. Rev. David Davis, B.A. Henry Garnett, Esq. James Grant, Esq. J. S. Harrison, Esq., F.R.C T. Howitt, Esq., F.R.C.S. Henry Hadwen, Esq. James Carter Moon, Esq. William Roper, Esq. S. Rev. C. T. Royds, M.A. William SATTERTHWAiTE,Esq. John Sharp, Esq. J. P. C. Starkie, Esq,.,M.P. Thomas Storey, Esq. Lieut.-Colonel Thornhill. Moved by J. D. Hutchinson, Esq., M.P., of Halifax ; seconded by the Rev. E. Mellor, D.D., of Halifax.
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