Superintendent's report for 1848 / Littlemore Asylum.

  • Littlemore Asylum
Date:
[1849?]
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Credit: Superintendent's report for 1848 / Littlemore Asylum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    by means of which the Patient afterwards set fire to her own bed clothes. The same Patient also on two occasions eluded the vigilance of her nurse, and concealed herself for so long a time as to occasion great alarm for her safety. During the year one of the male Patients had a Rib broken by a kick from another Patient. And an Epileptic Patient broke his leg when falling in a fit. The insecure state of the boundary of the Asylum Grounds, on one side, has allowed several Patients to pass beyond it, but no escape has occurred. There have been four Inquests upon deceased Patients held during the year : Two on Men, who died suddenly ; one on a Woman who was suffocated in a fit of Epilepsy ; and the fourth on an aged Woman wTho died after a short illness. The Financial Statement of the Receipts and Expenditure of the year, upon the Maintenance Account (contradistinguished from the Building, or Capital Account,) is subjoined.—And it will be seen by this Account that the average cost of the Patients per head, per week for the year, has been 9s. 8d. 5 but as the number of Patients in the Asylum now amounts to 233, and will be shortly augmented by an accession of Berkshire Patients,—the cost for the ensuing year will be lessened unless the price of provisions should materially rise. I have the honor to remain, My Lords and Gentlemen, Your most obedient Servant, WILLIAM LEY, Superintendent. Littlemore Asylum, ls£ January 1849.