The report of the committee of visitors & superintendent of the Cheshire Lunatic Asylum : made to the court of general quarter sessions of the peace, holden at Nether Knutsford, in and for the county of Chester, on Monday, the 4th April, 1859.

  • Cheshire County Lunatic Asylum
Date:
1859
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Credit: The report of the committee of visitors & superintendent of the Cheshire Lunatic Asylum : made to the court of general quarter sessions of the peace, holden at Nether Knutsford, in and for the county of Chester, on Monday, the 4th April, 1859. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE XVII. Extract from Daily Account of Patients. MALES EMPLOYED. Friday. Aug. 27,1858 Saturday. Aug. 28,1858 Sunday. Aug. 29,1858. Morn. After. Morn. After. Morn. After. Working in Lands and Gardens 42 41 42 25 0 0 Assisting Joiner . 3 3 3 3 0 0 Engineer . 1 1 1 1 0 0 „ Plumber. 1 1 1 1 0 0 ,, Painter . 3 3 3 3 0 0 „ Shoemaker . 6 6 6 6 0 0 ,, Tailor . 5 5 5 5 0 0 ,, In Kitchen . 5 5 6 6 4 4 Carrying Coal, Cinders, &c. ... 12 14 10 . 10 0 0 Cleaning Wards . 9 7 15 12 0 0 Working at Pump. 0 0 0 0 0 0 ,, Tinsmith .. 1 1 1 1 0 0 ,, Blacksmith . 2 1 I 1 0 0 ,, Whitewashing. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Working on neighbouring Farm 0 8 0 9 0 0 ,, Turning. 0 0 1 1 0 0 Assisting Bricklayer.. 4 3 2 3 0 0 Marking Books. 1 1 0 0 0 0 Total Employed. 95 100 97 87 4 4 Unemployed. Excitement, with seclusion. 0 0 0 0 0 0 ,, without. 0 0 0 0 1 1 Sick. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quiet .... 40 35 40 50 132 132 Taking exercise beyond bound- aries . 0 0 0 0 0 50 Total Unemployed. 40 35 40 50 133 183 Admissions . 0 0 0 0 0 0 Discharges and Deaths.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total. 137 137 137 137 137 137 At Prayers. 60 0 59 0 0 0 At Church. 0 0 0 O 100 105
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