Twentieth annual report of the trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester. December, 1852.
- State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester
- Date:
- 1853
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Twentieth annual report of the trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester. December, 1852. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![1853.] mates, who engage in them more or less freely, as their feel¬ ings permit them. They subserve the great purpose of divert¬ ing the thoughts from constantly running in the channel of their delusions. The constant religious services of the Sabbath—forenoon and afternoon—the Bible class, and the evening service, has been conducted by our able and judicious Chaplain, who has been so many years with this family. Many of the patients listen with undivided attention and with profit. They con¬ duct with great decorum in these meetings, and are gratified with the privilege of being present. To those associated with me in conducting the affairs of this great family, I am greatly indebted, for their kindness, indus¬ try and good spirit, in promoting its great interests. This hospital has been, from the beginning, remarkably fortunate, generally, in the high moral character and fitness for their duties, of the attendants and assistants employed. Some of the avails of our farming, as estimated by the Steward, are the following, besides the fresh vegetables daily gathered from the garden for present use: Potatoes, 300 bushels, at 40 cents, . $120 00 Beans, 6 u “$i 75 e • 10 50 Beets, 215 a a 25 cents, . 53 75 Turnips, 95 (C u 25 U 23 75 Onions, 66 u u 50 U 33 00 Parsnips, 60 a u 50 U 30 00 Cucumbers, 78 sC l u 30 a 23 40 Cabbage heads, 1,800, u 4 u 72 00 Apples, 65 bushels, u 40 u 26 00 Milk, 35,000 quarts, u Q1 ’32 u . 1,225 00 Beef, 11 beeves, 8,556 pounds, 6 u 513 36 Pork, 52 hogs, 16,745 pounds, 8 u . 1,339 80 $3,470 56 8](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30318142_0057.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
