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 : twenty-eighth annual report.

  • Royal Albert Asylum (Lancaster, England)
Date:
1892
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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 : twenty-eighth annual report. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OCCUPATIONS OF BOYS. Grades of Work. VI. FARMING. 1. Preliminary work—weeding, &c 2. Cleaning yards, shippons, &c. 3. Feeding stock. 4. Weeding amongst crops (Hoe) 5. Work with Horses and Carts 6. Milking, &c . VII. INDUSTRIAL TRAINING SHOP 1. Picking Hair, Wool, &c. 2. Plaiting Coir . 3. Mat Making . 4. Brush Filling. 5. Palliasse and Mattress Making 6. Basket Making . VIII. Miscellaneous Occupations 1. Shoe-cleaning. 2. Corridor-cleaning and Ward-work 3. Laundry-work—mangling, &c., &c. 4. Store-work and Kitchen and Dairy 5. Assisting Stoker . 6. Assisting Plumber. 7. Assisting Baker . 8. Employed in Office . Number employed in each grade, and quality of w'ork. Indif¬ ferent. Fair. Good. Ex¬ cellent. 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 2 9 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 16 4 0 1 2 2 1 4 8 1 0 2 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 4 0 0 2 1 Total number em¬ ployed. CaJ p 0\ 1 2 2 YB 2 6 w o cn 30 5 14 10 1 1 10 3(1) -j to w 0) 3 o' '<3 O / * Also otherwise employed. Total number of Boys employed in Industrial Occupations. 231. Several others assist in Dormitory and Day-room arrangements, and in dressing and attending on other Patients. 24 Infant Boys receive special Industrial Lessons in School (not included in above tabulation); 42 are taught needlework, and 30 do Kindergarten work. Twelve Boys (also otherwise employed) act as Messengers to Lancaster. OCCUPATIONS OF GIRLS. No. employed in each occupation, and quality of work. Total number Chief kinds of Occupation. Indif¬ ferent. Fair. Good. Ex¬ cellent. em¬ ployed. 1. Preliminary work—Industrial Class ... 3 1 2 1 7s 2. Sweeping, dusting, &c,. 14 14 10 0 38 3. Bed-making . 3 10 11 9 33 112 4. Scrubbing and general house work ... 0 3 7 10 20 5. Laundry-work. I ° 0 7 7 mJ 6. *Sewing and knitting . 1 1 *In School 36 Girls are engaged in preliminary work with needle, 37 hem, 17 sew fairly, 8 sew fairly and knit, and 23 sew, knit, and do wool-work. The number of Girls employed in Industrial occupations out of school is 105, and 7 other Girls receive special Industrial lessons in school, making a total of 112 under Industrial Training G. E. SHUTTLEWORTH, Medical Superintendent.