Royal Albert Asylum for the care, education, and training of idiotic, imbecile, and weak-minded children and young persons, belonging to Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland : thirty-fourth annual report.

  • Royal Albert Asylum (Lancaster, England)
Date:
1898
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Credit: Royal Albert Asylum for the care, education, and training of idiotic, imbecile, and weak-minded children and young persons, belonging to Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland : thirty-fourth annual report. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Farm Produce. Weekly Cost. Audit, Extension of the Asylum. 30 In addition to the grateful mention of the large number of Christmas presents for the patients, the following gifts should be referred to:— Mrs. Blades, Parkfield, Lancaster, £1 is, additional for the Staff Library; J. Mawdsley & Son, Liverpool, Gore’s Liverpool Directory for 1897 > Kelly & Co., Limited, “ Kelly’s Handbook to the Titled and Official Classes.” The Farm not only supplies milk, meat, and vegetables to the Asylum, but it also affords excellent opportunities of healthful occupation and training to the patients. The produce received during the year represents, at fair market prices, the sum of is. yd., and has been as follows :— 28,538 lbs. of beef; 22,295 lbs. of mutton; 5,658 lbs. of pork; 1,076! lbs. of veal; 116 fowls; 13,761 eggs; 37,342! gallons of milk; 5,585 stones of potatoes; 19! stones of carrots. On the 30th of June, 1898, the farm live stock consisted of 55 head of cattle, including 37 cows giving milk ; 104 sheep and lambs; 76 pigs; 4 horses; 2 ponies; 340 fowls. This live stock has been valued at ;fi,5oi los. 6d. by Messrs. Anthony Orr, of Hornby, and Henry Mackereth, of Ashton, who have again thoroughly inspected the farm. The Committee, having considered it advisable to make a change in the management, have recently appointed as Farm Bailiff, Mr. James Cannon, of Auchencairn, Castle Douglas, N.B., and Mrs. Cannon as Housekeeper, &c., at the Farm, where three attendants and twelve boys reside. The average weekly cost of maintenance per head— including staff, all office and administrative expenses, as well as building sundries, workshops, repairs and furniture—has been iis. 85d; and omitting the last four items, iis. 3d. The amounts last year were 12s. 5|d. and ns. 9|d. respectively. Mr. W. G. Welch, the professional auditor, has thoroughly examined the books of account, vouchers, and balance sheets, and he has been ably assisted by the honorary auditor, Mr. W. O. Roper. Certificates are appended to the balance sheets. In the last two Reports the question of an extension of the Asylum was discussed, and a list of contributions for this object was given last year. For some years the Asylum has been practically full, and it has been evident that ere long the advisability of enlarging it would have to be seriously considered. The great difficulty in the administra¬ tion of the Institution has been to make separate and suitable provision for those patients who have developed