Further report of the Commissioners in Lunacy, to the Lord Chancellor. Presented to both houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty.
- Date:
- 1847
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Further report of the Commissioners in Lunacy, to the Lord Chancellor. Presented to both houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![Drawings and Particulars to be furnished to the Commissioners in Lunacy, in order to afford all necessary information as to proposed Asylums for Lunatics. 1. One or more sheets of the Ordnance map, containing the county, borough, or district, in respect to which the Asylum is to be erected; or some other large map in which the situation of the proposed Asylum, and all the public roads and foot-paths in the vicinity thefeof, are clearly and fully defined. 2. A general plan of the land, (with the block of the buildings and offices,) and of the exercise grounds, garden, and road of approach, with the levels of the surface of the ground, at the quoins of the building, offices, and fence walls, figured thereon. 3. Plans of the basement, ground, and each other floor q of the building and offices; also of the roofs and gutters, > and of the principal elevation. J 4. Elevation of portions of the principal front, and also] of any other parts, in which any variation therefrom In- takes place. J 5. Transverse, and longitudinal sections, or sufficient) portions thereof to show the construction of every portion r of the building. J 6. Plan and section of one separate sleeping room,' dormitory, and eating or day room respectively, or of part of the same, showing the method of warming and ventilating each; also of the baths, washing rooms, and water closets, and the construction of the apparatus for each. O ’ O a a o . rP £ © p o 3 C* O © 3 OQ O « © fl en i—i O © l!j *d ‘O 03 2 ^ eP ° ^ P kn >-< ° § r3He* © ui 7. An abstract of the draft contract and specification, giving a concise statement of the whole of the intended work; and also a detailed estimate of the building, and the prices at which the dif- ferent materials and workmanship have been calculated in making the estimate. 8. The thicknesses of the walls, and the scantlings of the timbers of the floors and roofs to be figured. 9. The general system of heating and ventilation proposed to be adopted throughout the Asylum, to be fully described in the draw- ings and specifications. 10. Each plan to show the several classes, and numbers of patients to be accommodated hi the wards, day rooms, dormitories, cells, galleries, and airing courts, respectively, to which such plan relates.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21902756_0340.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
