Fourth annual report : for the year 1898 / Sunderland Borough Asylum.

  • Sunderland Borough Asylum
Date:
1899
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Credit: Fourth annual report : for the year 1898 / Sunderland Borough Asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    IRepovt of the Commissioners in Himac\>. Sunderland Lunatic Asylum, March 13th, 1899. We have inspected this Asylum, and find it generally, and apart from the derangement consequent upon the redrain¬ age works, in very good order. The wards and dormitories are bright and cheerful, and, in the latter, the beds and bedding are well attended to and clean. We were glad to observe that the w.c seats are being hinged, so as to lift up, and, on the male side, to allow of the pans to be used as urinals in lieu of the present ones, which will be abolished. We would again urge the provision of one or more pianos for the Female Wards. There is a good supply of books and papers, and there are bookcases in the wards. The redrainage of the Asylum is in progress under the direction of Mr. Little, of Carlisle, but we were somewhat surprised to see 9 inch pipes being used for some of the branch drains. For such drains it is not usual now, in Asylums, to use any larger than 6 inch, if so large. We notice that a tank for softening water is being con¬ structed. In connection with the water service we learn that there is not pressure in the fire main sufficient to allow of three jets being at once thrown on the roof. Some means of increasing the pressure is desirable. The farm buildings, we are glad to see, have been removed, all but the farmhouse, which is a solid and useful building. The formation of a cricket ground should be taken in hand. We understand that, as suggested in a former entry in this book, the intakes of air for the Plenum System of warm-
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