Annual report of the Committee of Visitors of the Surrey Lunatic Asylum.

  • Surrey Lunatic Asylum
Date:
1852
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Credit: Annual report of the Committee of Visitors of the Surrey Lunatic Asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [Table, No. 9.] RETURN OF THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF PATIENTS IN EMPLOYMENT AND ATTENDING CHAPEL DURING THE YEAR 1851. MALE DEPARTMENT. Average number of Male Patients in the Asylum, 364. Average number employed, 197. In the Garden. .. 72 As Shoemakers. Farm .. .. 10 Tailors . Kitchen . 7 Carpenters....... Wards. . .. 42 Bakers ... . Laundries . 5 Bricklayers . Engine House .. . 2 Painters......... Store Room. 1 Coal Porters. Picking Coir. 6 Upholsterer . Straw-workers .. Knitters. Mat-makers . Blacksmith . 145 ATTENDING CHAPEL. Average number of Male Patients, 180. CHARLES SNAPE, Resident Medical Officer for Male Department. FEMALE DEPARTMENT. Average number of Female Patients in the Asylum, 466. Average number of Females employed, 330. In the Laundry ....... 40 Kitchen . 8 Wards. 56 Knitting.... 6 Fancy work. 10 Needlework. 210 330 ATTENDING CHAPEL. Average number of Female Patients, 218. HUGH W. DIAMOND, Resident Medical Officer for Female Department.