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

  • Royal Albert Asylum (Lancaster, England)
Date:
1901
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Credit: The Royal Albert Asylum, Lancaster : a training institution for the feeble-minded belonging to Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland thirty-seventh 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 • •• ••• * i« • • • • • • • • • • • • 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* . *A Iso 8patients make Baskets in School. 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 Baker 7. Employed in Office • • « • • • • • • • • • • • • • Number employed in each grade, and quality of work. Indif¬ ferent. Fair. Good. Ex¬ cellent 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 8 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 4 1 4 1 1 3 4 1 7 2 2 2 4 1 6 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 Total number em¬ ployed. 1 6 2 0 0 3 DO P *-i Cd o w i_3 !v CO P I-- ►a. 3 >—• I—I 3 CfQ O. yp. w c ^ d o on. T3 P 20 0 10 6 0 12 9 12 13 1 9 2 \ ^ / 00 OT O o p 13 CD O w t—' CD O CD O, Total number of Senior Boys employed in Industrial Occupations. 183. Ten Senior Boys (also otherwise employed) act as Messengers to Lancaster. Several others assist in Dormitory and Day-room arrangements, and in dressing and attending on other Patients. 20 Junior Boys are taught knitting, 29 do Kindergarten work, and 14 make beds. 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. Sweeping, dusting, &c. 0 2 7 4 13, 2. Bed-making . 0 10 13 3 26 3. Scrubbing and general house work ... 0 1 4 7 12 4. Laundry-work. 5. *Sewing and knitting . Storey Home for Girls— } 0 2 4 7 13 2101 Scrubbing and house-work . 10 4 3 5 22 Sewing and Knitting. 0 2 7 6 15 * In School 9 Girls are engaged m preliminary work with needle, 20 hem, 9 sew fairly, 19 sew well, 47 knit, 20 darn, and 7 work at basket-making. JAMES DIGGENS, Principal and Secretary.