The Royal Albert Asylum, Lancaster : a training institution for the feeble-minded belonging to Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland thirty-sixth annual report.

  • Royal Albert Asylum (Lancaster, England)
Date:
1900
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    Annual Pic-nic. Conference. Acknowledg¬ ments. Conclusion. performance of musical drill and nursery rhymes given by several of the girls and junior boys. Each of these combined performances was highly appreciated by both patients and visitors. I ought also to mention that the Whitsuntide Gala was held as formerly in the canal fields, and was thoroughly enjoyed by the children. The Annual Picnic to Cockersand Abbey was a success in every way; the party numbered 150 patients and 27 of the staff, including the Asylum Band. Games of various kinds were indulged in by the seashore, and all returned in the eariy evening much the better for their day’s outing. 1 he Annual Conference of the Managers of the English Training Institutions for Imbeciles was held in London in May under the presidency of Mr. Diggens, at which I had the honour of reading a paper on “ Our Epileptics.” Other instructive papers were read, which were followed by discussion. Before closing my first report as your Resident Medical Officer, I would beg leave to accord my best thanks to the Principal for his invariable kindness and courtesy to me during my anxious year of work. In times of doubt and difficulty Mr. Diggens, as in former years, has given me much sound advice, the outcome of his mature experience, which I have always found to be of great practical utility. To my esteemed colleague, Dr. W. H. Coupland, I desire to tender my cordial acknowledgments for his loyal co-operation and valuable assistance. He has devoted much skill and kind, patient attention to the sick patients, both at the Asylum and at the Rodgett Infirmary. In conclusion, Gentlemen, I beg most respectfully to express to you my deep sense of the honour you have done me in electing me to fill the important and responsible post of Resident Medical Officer of this Asylum. It will be my earnest endeavour to continue to merit the confidence you have shewn in me and to promote by every means in my power the well-being of the patients and the efficiency of the medical department of the Institution. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, A. R. DOUGLAS, Resident Medical Officer.