The annual report of the Committee of Visitors of the City of London Lunatic Asylum, at Stone, near Dartford, in the county of Kent : January quarter sessions, 1867.

  • City of London Lunatic Asylum (Stone, Kent, England)
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[1867?]
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Credit: The annual report of the Committee of Visitors of the City of London Lunatic Asylum, at Stone, near Dartford, in the county of Kent : January quarter sessions, 1867. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of the Asylum, and possibly, to other unascertained causes, the supply of water has lately been gradually diminishing, but not to an extent to cause actual inconvenience ; the o])erations ordered by the Committee for the purj)ose of securing a permanently ade¬ quate supply are now in progress, and, when completed, will, it is believed, remove all cause for anxiety in this respect. The Asylum was visited on the 6th of November by two of the Commissioners in Lunacy. In the copy of their report, appended, it will be seen they exj^ress their satisfaction at the condition in which they found the building and its inmates; the suggestions made by them for further improvements have received the atten¬ tion of the Committee, and some of them have been already carried out. The conduct of the attendants and servants has, on the whole, been exceedingly satisfactory, and but few changes have taken place. In conclusion, the Medical Superintendent ventures to express a hope that he may continue to enjoy the confidence of the Com¬ mittee of Visitors, the possession of which has encouraged him greatly during the past year, and enabled him to contend success¬ fully with the anxieties and difficulties inseparable from the opening of a new institution. OCTAVIUS JEPSON, M.D. December 31.9^, 18G6.
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