The Asylum for Idiots. Instituted October 27, 1847. Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1862. Establishment: Earlswood, Red Hill, Surrey. Office: 29, Poultry, London, E.C.

  • Earlswood Asylum
Date:
1866
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The Asylum for Idiots. Instituted October 27, 1847. Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1862. Establishment: Earlswood, Red Hill, Surrey. Office: 29, Poultry, London, E.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    *7 rooms for industrial training, mat-making, joinery, 4 brush - making, printing, shoe - making, painting, staining, and varnishing, plumbing, and smith’s work. They will form an eastern termination to the Laundry, and will present in their entirety a pleasing fapade, protecting the boys’ playground from the north wind. Besides furnishing accom¬ modation which has been long needed, they will provide to some extent increased space for in¬ mates by freeing those rooms in the main building which have been hitherto appropriated to industrial pursuits. The announcement that the number which will be added to the inmates by this day’s election will completely fill the present building, must deeply impress the friends of the Charity with the necessity of responding to your appeal for in¬ creasing the size of the edifice. Moreover, there are other expenses which cannot be long postponed. In his Report for 1864, your Super¬ intendent, in referring to the Farm, stated that “ the profits arising from this department might be considerably increased by the erection of suitable farm-buildings to replace those purchased with the estate, and which are in a seriously dilapidated condition.” The lapse of two years adds much force to the re-iteration of this sentiment. Sixty
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